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Why won't a Form save as another File? File Settings?

DocEngineer
Registered: Jan 23 2008
Posts: 10
Answered

I am having the darn'est of problems.
I though I knew what I was doing, as having a good 8 years experience of Acrobat from Version 3 up to Version 7 Professional.
FYI: for this experiment, I am using Acrobat Pro version 6.0.6.
(My office associates have versions 6, 7 and 8; and, most employees in the company should be using Reader 7, possibly version 8).

At the request of another department's engineer, I have taken a previously generated PDF and added form fields to it, and saved the file as a new PDF.
However, whenever the file is open from Adobe Reader or within a browser - we have the Adobe Reader web server add-on enabled - the form is edittable and printable, but cannot be saved to any other copy of itself which would include the form data.
I have even tried adding a Submit "radio" button which should export the entire PDF form & data to another file location, but for some reason this will not work.

Any suggestions?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 6.0.6, Windows
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
You need to enable "Extended Reader Form Rights" to allow saving of a copleted form by using either Version 8 Professional (there are some ELU limitations) or use LiveCycle ES.

See:

[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/viewtopic.php?id=2047/]FAQ - How do I Save a Completed PDF Form in Adobe Reader?[/url]

[url=http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbb313f/1/]1.1-- Can I save a filled out PDF form using the free Adobe Reader?[/url]

George Kaiser

DocEngineer
Registered: Jan 23 2008
Posts: 10
Where would I find this "enable Extended Reader Form Rights" in Version 8 Pro?
We attempted a quick experiment, and could not find it, or get the form to work after opening and re-saving from Acrobat Pro 8.
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Following the links in the first link, I find:

[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2006/09/enabling_reader/?printer_friendly=true/]More Enabling Features for Adobe Reader[/url] by Ted Padova.

George Kaiser

AlScott
Registered: Nov 2 2007
Posts: 123
Yes- I think what 'trips' folks is the "Manage Rights' menu section only appears when you're not in the 'editor' mode - just in the 'User' .
Caught me out initially. Wasn't expecting it to be there!