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Hi Cat -- I was finally able to resolve my issue. Here's my notes. Email buttons Form data is sent in XML format by default. To change format to PDF, you must edit the XML Source. If you do not see the xml source tab, right click on the 'Design View' tab and select 'XML Source'. The tab should appear.Select the 'Design View' tab, and within the document, select the 'Submit Email' button. Now select the 'XML Source' tab. You should see the line for your email button control highlighted. Start looking down the code from here until you find a line that reads: <submit format="xml" textEncoding="UTF-8" target = "blah blah blah... Change the format from "xml" to "pdf", save the document and test it. It should now send the form as a PDF rather than xml. Now, open form in Acrobat Professional. Select the 'Advanced' menu option. Select the 'Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader', and save the file. Open your file and test again. If you are running the form in Reader, and do not go through this process, you do not have save rights to the form in Reader. This allows the form to be saved, and ultimately, sent as an email. Jenny Fain Windows Administrator City of Roswell IT

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