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What's the difference between Acrobat and Livecycle?

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2007-06-15 09:56:14
liztapanes
Registered: Jun 13 2007
Posts: 40

I'm creaing forms for a very large company.

What's the difference between Livecycle and Acrobat?

I have been creating them in Livecyle - they need to be filled out and emailed (not just the data, the completed form).

Can I create it in Livecycle and save it as Acrobat?

Can it be edited in Acrobat after it's created?

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2007-06-17 06:12:03
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ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 24 2005
Posts: 252
Here's a good article:

http://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2006/08/designer_or_forms

A Livecycle form is Adobe PDF

You cannot edit the form fields in Acrobat after its been generated in Livecycle but you can use some enabling features in Acrobat 8 Professional to make it a *smart PDF* ...

Jon

I've been using Acrobat since v1.0 and still get amazed by its power. An Acrobat ACE since 1999

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2007-06-17 10:51:32
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gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Other differences:

Developer:
Acrobat forms: Adobe
LiveCycle Designer: JetForms later acquired by Adobe integrated into version 6 of Acrobat
Format of File:
Acrobat: PDF
LiveCycle Designer: XML in a PDF wrapper for use by Acrobat/Reader

Programming Language:
Acrobat: JavaScirpt (Acrobat extension)
LiveCycle Designer: FormCalc, JavaScirpt (LiveCycle extension which has some differences from Acrobat’s version)

Programming Editor:
Acrobat: built-in or an external text
LiveCycle Designer: integrated editor only

Format of Export data:
Acrobat: Adobe FDF, XFDF,
LiveCycle: XML

Ability to design entire form: s
Acrobat: No. Acrobat can only add form fields
LiveCycle Designer: Yes, can also import Word, PDF, Excel and add form field

George Kaiser

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