Allow users to save form responses as text or Word document?

Is it possible to allow a respondant to save their responsesn to a .txt or .doc file upon completion of the form?
If this isn't possible in Adobe forms, does anyone know of another platform that would support this?
Thanks!

PDF and TXT or DOC are file types and file types are processed by applications. Adobe Acrobat can save to many different formats, Reader is very restricted as to what formats it can save to. Are you familiar with how Acrobat saves a PDF to the TXT or DOC format? Well it is the entire PDF and not just the fields. To save the content of the fields you need to export the form field data through a different menu option or the use of JavaScript.
Acrobat can export to a CSV, FDF, or XFDF file type. With proper rights and JavaScript Reader could also save to the CSV, FDF, or XFDF file format. Acrobat with the use of JavaScript could create a PDF report on the fly that consist only of the field data and that file could be saved as a DOC or TXT file. Reader cannot create PDF reports.
Using a web server and scripting on the web server opens more options.

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I am throughly confused about what I need, so I'm sorry, I'm sure this thread is a duplicate of several that are out there, but most of it seems to talk over my head.
I have a VERY old version of Adobe Acrobat (version 5.0, yes gasp in horror). I have the VERY old version of Acrobat Distiller (version 5.0). I have a form that was created in these versions of Acrobat. It works perfectly, even in the new version of Reader (v9), excpet that the form data can't be saved, not a shocker.
What software do I need to purchase to get my old form to allow people to save the form data, WITHOUT them having to download any extensions for their Reader?
I hope that makes sense.

Hi,
LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES is part of Adobe's server product and can be very expensive. In addition to the cost of the sever component, you need to pay a fee to Adobe to apply the reader extensions to each form. It is intended for government agencies and large organisations.
The ability to reader enable a form from within Acrobat is intended for ad-hoc forms that won't be going out to a lot of people.
When you design a form in LC Designer, you can specify the target version of Acrobat/Reader (in the File/Form Properties/Defaults). This allows you to check that all of the functionality that you build into the form, will work for your users.
When you reader enable the form it will still work with the target version that you have set in LC Designer.
When you reader enable with the full LC Reader Extension ES server product, you are basically turning ON features for users with Reader.
However when you reader enable using Acrobat, you are turning ON features like allowing users to save data. But at the same time Adobe are turning OFF some features like data connections.
It really depends on how many data processes you want with the form. If it is small then stick with Acrobat. If you are a large organisation looking to improve data collection and processing then you should look at LC Reader Extensions ES.
Hope that helps,
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OK I think I answered my own question. When I re-opened the file and looked at the options they were no longer greyed out. That's a strange way for software to work, but I guess that's par for Adobe.

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I have a database with Forms & editable Reports pages.
I have also created a table with certain 'Admin Levels' of access so that users with the 'ADMIN_LEVEL' = 1 cannot access the editable reports pages.
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[locked] Allow users to save the PDF file

I've noticed that by using the form Distribution through either email, Acrobat.com, or a shared folder on the network the user can save the PDF file, correct? Do I understand this correctly? One other thing, what if I don't want to email out but just want the PDF form to be available on my website, will the user still be able to save a copy of the filled form for themselves to print or do whatever they want?

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