PDF form template displaying multiple sets of data loaded from xfdf

Hello
I would like to use PDF Forms with data stored in xfdf files.
Is it possible to create pdf form (template) for displaying and printing multiple sets of data stored in xfdf?
For example: pdf form contains 2 sets of data. Form field names: F_1 and F_2.
I have 7 sets od data. All I need is to create pdf and xfdf that can be displayed in PDF reader and printed
as document consisting of 4 the same pages containing different data in form fields loaded from xfdf file.
(something similar to Mail merge in MS Office Word).
How it would be done? Is it possible to make such pdf, xfdf?
If yes, where I can find examples (tutorial) of creating such forms, please?
Thanks.
J. Jas

It is possible but not just a simple import of data.
Each form field in the multiple page PDF would need a unique name not repeated on another page of the PDF. Fortunately the Acrobat form standard includes the "template" object and this object can be spawned or used to add a new page with the form fields automatically renamed with a prefix string of the page number and template added to each form field on the new page. So if one were to import a row from your tab delimited file into the template, one could then spawn a new page from the template with the data and rename the fields so there would be no conflict of like named fields.
A Lesson in Templates for Adobe Acrobat by Dave Wraight
With newer versions of Acrobat there is a mail merge feature.
Create PDFs from Word mail merges

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confusion and other issues. I have tried asking office employees to stop saving the information after using the form but that doesnt seem to be working out very well.
I have also tried adding "permissions" to the form which covers the printing & editing rights BUT it also allows the user to save the document which is the exact opposite to what I want...
I am a bit lost.. I tried googling as well but I havent found another person with the same question. Maybe, I am just goggling the wrong question. OR, maybe, I am setting up the permissions incorrectly. Who knows!
So this image I uploaded is a fillable PDF receipt that we use to email or mail out to the client with a copy of their receipt. For this, I would like the person to be able to fill it in but not able to save it OR have adobe ask them to save as instead of just saving the information to the original file.
Any help will be much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!

Hi GJen900,
Please ask Acrobat desktop applicaiton forum(http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/forms) as this forum is for CreatePDF online service.
Thank you for using Adobe products.
Hisami

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