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2011-02-20 09:42:19
GlennOwns
Registered: Jun 30 2010
Posts: 18
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I have an electronic form that customers can fill out by hand. The fields on the form are perfect, however the "supposed-to-be unchanging" text isn't! Little things like the form ID, and the headers/titles of the sections are able to be manipulated, moved, and all-together deleted through adobe reader! I don't understand what I did wrong. I used the Typewriter tool for anything besides the form-fields. What tool am I supposed to use?
 
TLDR: How do I make non-changing header text in acrobat X pro?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0.1, Windows
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2011-02-20 09:56:33
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George_Johnson
Expert
Registered: Jul 6 2008
Posts: 1875
Accepted Answer
Normally you'd create such text in a separate program (word processor, page layout app, etc.) and convert to PDF. Then add the form fields to the PDF.

If you really want to work with the typewriter tool, you should flatten the pages after adding the text and before adding the form fields, which will convert the text annotations the the typewriter tool creates into static page contents that users won't be able to manipulate.
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2011-02-20 10:04:34
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GlennOwns
Registered: Jun 30 2010
Posts: 18
Alright, George! Just the insight I needed!

I did a quick search for "flattening PDFs" and I saw the Print Acrobat option, so I did that. I just printed to my desktop and readded the fields!

Thanks for your help, bud!

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