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PDF Forms - converting responses to uneditable PDF's

user5678
Registered: Jul 20 2010
Posts: 1
Answered

Hi-

Working on a project involving a PDF Form and I've run into some trouble. We use a PDF Form to collect report data. The user enters their responses and returns the PDF to us. We then edit the responses provided in the PDF form, and finalize the report in that same file. At this point, we'd like to turn on a setting or run something that will change the PDF form to a normal uneditable PDF, so we have the final report in an uneditable PDF file. Can this be done??

Thanks!

Colleen

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.3.1, Windows
radzmar
Expert
Registered: Nov 3 2008
Posts: 1202
Yes and No.

If the form is a dynamic form (XFA form) you only can real-flatten it with a LiveCycle server product but this is generally no option for ordinary mortals.
The second way to do this is to print the form to a pdf file via PDF printer.
The third method is a script that sets all form fields to "readOnly" or "nonInteractive" and has mainly the same effect to the users.

radzmar
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Documents you need:
LiveCycle Designer ES2 Docs