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Interactive Form with Automatic Summarising and Reporting

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2009-03-22 21:47:31
btr57
Registered: Mar 22 2009
Posts: 4

I'm a very new Acrobat user so this might be basic, sorry. I'd like to create an interactive form (on a website or inside an ebook platform that allows this) that steps parents through the process of creating a Letter of Intent (or Statement of Wishes) for their Special Needs children.

My intention is that this will provide helpful guidance as what the questions mean with examples, as well as a series of form boxes for reader input. Readers can then answer the questions throughout the process (a few dozen questions in total) and instantly receive a final document, pulled together by the software.

This last part is critical, as I don't want the manual load or delay of massaging the data but I also want to offer privacy so that they complete the form and get the formatted output - immediately and automatically.

I really need to know if this sounds even possible using Acrobat 8 Pro or LiveCycle?

I'd ideally like to automate this entirely so people could go online say and work through a website then receive the formatted output via download or email.

Any thoughts, please? Am I biting off too much for a newbie? I have reasonable skills, just not with Acrobat. However, if this is possible, I'll do the homework needed.

Thanks,
Brian

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8.1.2, Windows
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2009-03-23 07:23:02
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
First, unless your end users have a full version of Acrobat or other full version PDF authoring program, they will not be able to save change to your form, unless you have applied extended form rights to the eBook. Adobe allows a limited number, 500, distributions, for users of Acrobat Pro to test or have a limited distribution. After that limit, you will need to purchase a special LiveCycle server product to attache the additional rights.

Because the form will be very dynamic and may need reformatting of the final product, you probably should use LiveCycle Designer to create a Dynamic form.

There are a number of eSeminars on demand and tutorial articles posted here that should be able to get you started.

George Kaiser

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2009-03-23 14:26:45
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btr57
Registered: Mar 22 2009
Posts: 4
Thank you. The users will only have Adobe Reader. I was hoping I could host this and the aggregation process would all be server-side. So all the user does is follow along, fill in boxes then at the end they receive the formatted collection of all their inputs.

So yes, a dynamic form seems the way. Just trying to gauge the feasibility of this approach before jumping in though.

Brian
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