How do i lock my pdf fillable form file

Thank you in advance for any help.
I have two questions:
1)  How do I save my fill-able form pdf file as a NON fill-able form so that the saved version cannot be changed?  I have Adobe Acrobat Pro XI for the MAC
2)  How do I add a page to my pdf file.  When I try to use thumbnails the fill-able pdf file will not accept a page that I scanned as a pdf file?  Could it be that the fill-able pdf file won't accept a non-fill-able page?  I want to scan the signature page back into the document after I have signed it.
I have struggled with these two issues for days!
Thank you,
Ben

Those types of forms are static XFA forms created with LiveCycle Designer. They generally can't be edited in Acrobat even if you remove the usage rights. There is a bug in Acrobat 9 that you can take advantage of if you have access to it that will allow you to convert it to an AcroForm that you can then add pages to and convert to a non-fillable PDF.

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