Automated tools to repopulate form from response spreadsheet?

Hi.
I need to automate repopulating forms from a number of response spreadsheet records and merging them into a single PDF file. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Ken

This forum is for the Adobe FormsCentral (http://formscentral.adobe.com) which is a service that allows you to create, collect and analyze data using an online web form. You should ask PDF related form questions in the Acrobat forums:http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/acrobat_windows
I'll move your post to that forum so you don't need to retype it. They can help you out...
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