How do I enable saving of filled-in fields on a PDF form

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Some PDF forms can be saved  including all filled-in field data      Some others can not be saved  and all filled-in field data are lost      How do I enable saving of filled-in fields on my PDF form

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When you use Acrobat 8  or 9  select  enable usage rights  from the Advanced menu  This adds about 20 kb to the pdf   The other possibility is to use CutePDF Pro  add a submit button and have the XFDF data submitted to your self as an email or to a web server   The XFDF data can then reload the original PDF with your data

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There is a setting inside the PDF file that turns on the allow saving with data bit   However  it requires that you have a copy of Adobe Acrobat installed to change the bit   The only other option is to print it to a PDF print driver which would save the data merged with the pdf file   UPDATE  The relevant information from adobe is at  http   www adobeforums com webx 13   3bbb313f 7

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In Acrobat  click on the  Advanced  tab  then click on  Enable Features in Adobe Reader   This should do the trick

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On linux use cabaret stage   https   www cabaret-solutions com download caba-lin-64  You can fill and save cleanly

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If you are using Adobe Acrobat X to make the form  set all the fields as you want them  then click  File  Save As  Reader Extended PDF  Enable Additional Features  The resulting PDF form can be saved when filled in  if opened in versions of Adobe Reader before XI

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With the latest version of Adobe Reader  Adobe Reader XI  it seems that you can save the form   From their webpage  Type your responses right on the PDF form  or click through and fill in the form fields  Then save and submit

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Open your PDF in Google Chrome  Edit the PDF as you want  Hit ctrl   p  Save as PDF to your desktop

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You can use the free foxit reader to fill in the forms  and if you pay a little you can design the forms that way you want   You can also us iText to programmaticly create those forms    There are free online services that allow you to upload a pdf and you can add fields also   It depends on how you want to do the designing   EDIT   If you use foxit reader  you can save any form that is fillable

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Preview in OS X seems to be able to do this out of the box  Adobe Reader shows the doc as  data typed can t be saved  but Preview was able to save my changes without hassle

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In Acrobat XI   Close Form Editing if open  File   Save As Other   Reader Extended PDF   Enable Additional Features

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