Creating 'fill in forms' in Word 2011

I have created a fill in form in Word 2011 and protected it as required but PC users cannot fill in the boxes. Any one had experience creating these forms? Is there another step i have to take?

Adobe Reader Touch does not support form filling yet. We are working on it for a future release this year.
For Surface RT running the Windows RT operating system, I believe that Microsoft Reader is the only application that provides limited support for form filling as of this writing (July 31, 2013). Unfortunately, Adobe Reader XI (desktop app with classic UI) is not compatible with Windows RT. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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I'm new to Pages. Is there a way to create fill-in forms similar to what I created using the Developer tab in MS Word?

Adobe Reader Touch does not support form filling yet. We are working on it for a future release this year.
For Surface RT running the Windows RT operating system, I believe that Microsoft Reader is the only application that provides limited support for form filling as of this writing (July 31, 2013). Unfortunately, Adobe Reader XI (desktop app with classic UI) is not compatible with Windows RT. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Save a filled-out form to Word - saved as blank

I purchased ExportPDF so that I could save a filled-out form to Word. I needed to do this because, though the form has fields that allow seemingly infinite text to be inserted, the text is not visible when printed. The document must be submitted by US Mail. When I converted the completed document to Word, it erased ALL of the text I added and unchecked all boxes. If this is all it can do, I need to unsubscribe and get a refund. That is totally worthless to me.

Hi,
Did you try with different file? If so, are the results the same?
Would you send your document as an email attachment?
I will check it from my end.Please add the link to this forum post for reference.
I have sent you my contact details on your email id.
Regards,
Florence

Please help...How do I save a created fill in form so it is usable by all?

I scanned and saved as a PDF a document that needs to be filled out. I opened it and created the fill in form and saved it to our shared file. However no one can use it unless they have the full version of Adobe installed. What do I need to do so it can be filled out by anyone even if they only have the reader? Please help need the brownie points with the boss.
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Open the document in Acrobat and select: Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Reader
This is for Acrobat 8 & 9. In Acrobat 10, it's an option under: File > Save As...
But be aware that there are licensing restrictions for such enabled documents. In short, if you distribute the form to more than 500 recipients (as you do when you post it to a publicly available web site, for example), you may collect data form no more than 500 instances of the form that has been returned to you, including hard copies. If you distribute it to fewer than 500 recipients, you can collect data from an unlimited number of returned forms.

How to create fill-in form using "Pages".

Is there a way to create a standard form where the document starts with text that cannot be edited. Then, the user, could use a tab to fill in information.
ie. A template of a fax form where the tab is used to fill in changable date, (phone #).

AFAIK, Pages does not support this. To create forms, you can try Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice or NeoOffice. (Be warned, it is not simple in any of them).

Can I still create fill-in forms using Adobe when formcentral is retired?

I have just purchased Adobe Acrobat Professional with a view to creating forms for our internal team to fill in.
I am unsure whether this form creation is to be discontinued when Form Central is retired in July 2015?
thanks

<p>Read this article and go to chapter 2.3.2.</p>Inserts, Update and Delete orders are managed by a stored procedure. In the sample dialog, the Select is handled by the emp_pkg.emp_query() stored function:
PROCEDURE emp_query(emp_data IN OUT emptab) IS
    ii NUMBER;
    CURSOR empselect IS
      SELECT empno, ename, job, sal, comm FROM emp
       ORDER BY ename ;
BEGIN
    OPEN empselect;
    ii := 1;
    LOOP
      FETCH empselect INTO
        emp_data( ii ).empno,
        emp_data( ii ).ename,
        emp_data( ii ).job,
        emp_data( ii ).sal,
        emp_data( ii ).comm;
      EXIT WHEN empselect%NOTFOUND;
      ii := ii + 1;
    END LOOP;
END emp_query;In your case, all you have to do is th use your decrypt() function in the cursor definition:
    CURSOR empselect IS
      SELECT decrypt(empno), decrypt(ename), decrypt(job), decrypt(sal), comm FROM emp
       ORDER BY ename ;
...For Insert and Update events, use the crypt() function in the related stored procedures.
PROCEDURE emp_insert2(t IN emptab) IS
BEGIN
    FOR i IN t.first..t.last LOOP
     INSERT INTO emp (empno, ename, job, sal, comm)
     VALUES(crypt(t(i).empno), crypt(t(i).ename), crypt(t(i).job), crypt(t(i).sal, t(i).comm));
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Francois

I need to create a form on my website that viewers fill out and send to me on my iWeb created website. Is there a template or widget that can create fill-in forms?

I need to create a form that viewers can fill-in and send back to me from my website. I created the website in iWeb and would like a template or theme that has the form creator included. It there a widget? Sorry, I'm a novice.

If you want to raise your web design skill level above that of the average iWeb user, you can try creating your own. The actual form layout is fairly easy if you use CSS to style it since the amount of HTML is minimal now that table layouts are a thing of the past.
Here's some examples of forms created in iWeb...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/form.html
The formmail.php script is probably the hardest part to get your head around and the example provided in the download on the above page uses a very simple one along with a formmail-thank.php.
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/form.html
Nowadays we need to consider mobile device users more and more so forms need to have the special inputs required to launch the various types of keyboard on these devices.
Here's an example of a form which responds to browser/device width. On mobile devices, the
jQuery UI Datepicker disappears to be replaced by the mobile version.
For those of you who don't have a mobile device to test it on, this page also has illustrations of the various keyboard types and the alternative date pickers...
http://ezmacwebdesign.com/Demo/Responsive-Form-Inputs/datepicker-form.html

Print to PDF from Word 2011 creates problems at section breaks

I have a user trying to create a pdf of his thesis. He created the thesis on Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac, and we use Acrobat 10. It has a number of section breaks where he switches from portrait to landscape and back. When he tries to print to PDF, not only does the thesis get split into an individual document at each section break (annoying, but not a big issue), but when he tries to reassemble the document there is an adjustment in margin and several extra lines of space at the top of each section. I've seen workarounds such as opening the individual sections in Preview and stitching them together that way, but it still leaves the extra space at the beginning of each section break, as well as the adjustment in margin. Has anyone found a workaround for this?
Thank you!

I had the same problem with a Word document and figured out the problem. Word seems to be spitting out separate PDF documents based on the page setup. So under File -> Page Setup you get a dialog box with the settings for the page, and usually a "Format for" dropdown and a "Paper Size" option. If these setting are not the same for the whole document, Word throws a wobbley and generates a PDF for each page setup.
My solution (works where all of the pages are the same format).
File -> Page Setup
Settings: Choose "Microsoft Word" from the dropdown box
Apply Page Setup settings to: Entire Document.
This will setup up the entire document to use the same page settings, and will fix the problem for those of us who are wanting a document that all has the same page settings. (This won't work if you are mixing page sizes.)

Unable to edit PDF created by Word 2011 on Lion.

Two weeks ago I upgrade my 24-inch iMac from Snow Leopard to Lion on which I am running Adone Acrobat 9 Pro (with all the latest updates).
My challenge is that I am trying to edit a PDF file created using Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac. When I print the file from Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac and click on the PDF button, the only option I see to create a PDF file is "Save as PDF", so this is the only option open to me. (I seem to recall that there used to be a 'Save as Adobe PDF' optionm, that is no longer there.
When I open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro I get the folloiwng message:
"Acrobat was unable tp make this
document accessible because of the
following error:
Bad PDF; error in processing fonts.
<unsupported Type 2 font>[1]
Please not that some pages of this
document may have been changed.
Because of this failure, you are advised to
not save these changes."
Any thoughts as to how I can create a file using Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac and then be able to edit it in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro?

Steve,
Might M. Kazlow's announcement be relevant?
Announcement: Mac OS X.7 Lion Compatibility and Acrobat X
Mac OS X.7 is not fully compatible with Acrobat X.
Please see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/905/cpsid_90508.html for more details.
by MichaelKazlow at Jul 20, 2011 1:17 PM
Be well...

Using acrobat 9 pro to create a fill in form

I am really new to acrobat 9 and need help. I am trying to create a fill in form from a word doc converted to pdf. When I convert to pdf I lose control of my access to change tables that were created in word and also not all fields are recognized so I end up adding in fields. No big deal except down the road if I need to make any changes I have to go back to the word doc make changes, reconvert to pdf and individually tweek each field. There has got to be an easier way create a fill in form. Any suggestions?

No magic here, but keep in mind that you can replace a page of a pdf (Document > Replace Pages) and have the form fields remain. Think of the fields as on a layer above the page. When you replace a page in this way, you at least will not have to recreate the fields you added. You will still be able to move fields around and add or delete fields as necessary to match your new layout.
If your form changes significantly and frequently, you may want to consider using Adobe Live Cycle Designer. I believe it is installed automatically with Acrobat Pro. Much steeper learning curve, though.

Actobat X Pro - Creating a fill-in form and i want it to email back to me

I have created a fill-in form in Adobe X Pro (Trial version) and would like to set up a 'Submit' button that once all info is filled out, the customer can then press and this emails the PDF back to me.
How do i do this? I am sure there are other threads already going about this but i cant understand a word in any of them. So please if you reply it needs to be as simple as possible.
Please help
- Alex

Bill,
Thank you for your help.
The reason i have gone for the trial version is that I am part of a big company that would probably not authorise me to purchase the full product or even if they did, it would take months for it to get loaded onto my computer etc. This is why i have chosen to try this through the trial version.
I will try again with what you've suggested below. I had a play around with it last night and the FDF file works, although i would rather the PDF. I will see what i come up with.
Thanks.

Is there a way to create a PDF form that ANYONE can fill out and SAVE with their content?

Is there a way to create a PDF form that ANYONE can fill out and SAVE with their content? By anyone, I mean someone who can download and use the free Adobe Reader, on either a Mac or PC. I have Acrobat Pro, and would like to be able to create forms that can not only be filled out and printed, but saved and emailed, which is not an option with the forms I have created to date. They can be filled out, but not saved, with Adobe Reader.
TIA,
Nancy

To do what Dave indicated you need to do, it depends on what version of Acrobat you have:
Acrobat 8: Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader
Acrobat 9: Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Reader
Acrobat 10: File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features
Acrobat 11: File > Save as Other > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools (includes form fill-in & save)
I wonder what it will be next time?

I am working in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and just created a pdf form from a MS Word document. I need to find out how to have a date field in my form which will update automatically. Can some one out there help me?

I am working in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and just created a pdf form from a MS Word document. I need to find out how to have a date field in my form which will update automatically.

Update automatically under which circumstances, exactly?

How to: Create a master form that auto-fills data into other pdf forms?

I hope someone can please help me. I have about 15 PDF forms that all require similar data entry (name, address etc). Can I create a master form that we fill in once per client, and then auto-fill in the matching data on the 15 forms?
I am not looking for an online solution as the information is highly sensitive.
I have already created a form in Acrobat X Pro with the 'master data', and created the (15) forms with identically named fields. How I link the forms now to the master, I cannot figure out (after much searching).
I have read similar questions on the same topic but have not found any answers. I hope this time someone can please help.
Many thanks in advance.

Thank you! I had just figured out how to export the data from the master as an FDF file and then import it to the other files. I'm afraid I don't understand scripting to automate the process across multiple files. To you mean with java script?
I've also thought about combining the forms, once we know which ones the particular client will need. I have to see how it works in practice for my colleagues who will be using them.
Thank you again.

How can I create a booklet with Word 2011?

I've tried using Cocoabooklet and Create Booklet. I've also tried on both Word 2011 and Pages (I only have the trial). While Create Booklet works, I'd like to be able to make the pages actual size on word (I tried making the page 5.5x8.5 then setting it up and loading it into Create Booklet but that didn't work), and not have to double my font, etc. in order to have the correct sizes after the program imposes them.

One basic idea that I have used (in any Word processor) is to turn the standard 8+1/2 by 11 paper sideways and set up a two column layout. Each column is 8+1/2 by 5+1/2. Insert column break to move to the next mini-page.
To use this approach without a booklet-maker program, you need to make a dummy booklet and set up the page numbers yourself, which works fine unless your booklet changes frequently. Printers call this "Printers proofs" ( pre laid out pages).
I have tried to use a booklet program like ClickBook in the past, but I had to work WAY too hard to accomodate the software, when it was easier to just lay it out (including fronts and backs of each sheet) myself.

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