LiveCycle Designer - Vector + Text + XML

Hallo Community.
Normalerweise stelle ich mich erst einmal vor.
Heute jedoch, eilt es sehr und darum verkürze ich es mal.
Einleitung:
Ich möchte in Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2 einen Fragebogen erstellen, der mir dann via klick auf einen Button als XML zugesandt wird. Das Programm erwarb ich mit Photoshop, Illustrator und Co in einem Zug, hab es aber noch nie genutzt - bis heute. Ich konnte mich ganz gut einarbeiten und soweit all meine Ideen realisieren. Für die Startseite dieses Fragebogens möchte ich ein Logo einfügen. Das Logo liegt mir in allen Formaten vor. Der Designer akzeptiert jedoch keine Vectorformate. Ich habe mich schon schlau gemacht und festgestellt, dass nur Rastergrafiken inseriert werden können. Nun ist es jedoch so, dass diese Grafik (das Logo) stark verpixelt wenn man die PDF vergrößert. Also das typische Verpixeln bei Rastergrafiken.
Ich kenne doch einige Formulare, in denen ist ebenfalls eine Umfrage + vektoriesierter Grafik zu sehen.
Jetzt meine Frage:
Welche möglichkeiten habe ich, um mein Logo in einer PDF Datei, die auch interaktive Texte (Eingabefeld, Unterschriftsfeld, Dropdown-Menü etc) besitzt, einzuarbeiten?
Hier eine PDF mit Grafik, bei 400% Zoom - kein Verpixeln
Hier mein Logo. Verpixelt. Die Grafik habe ich direkt über den Designer eingefügt
Hoffe auch eure Hilfe!
Danke

Aus der Vektorgrafik ein PDF-Dokument erstellen und dieses Dokument dann als Vorlage im LiveCycle Designer verwenden.

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vielen Dank für den Link. Hat mir echt weitergeholfen. Ist schwierig, bei begrenzter Arbeitszeit alle Foren zu durchsuchen, vor allem wenn man sich mit neuen Themen beschäftigt.
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