Fillable Form without Submission

How do I link a form to my website that my clients can complete online, but must print the completed form? Because of healthcare guidelines and the fact that I do not have appropriate data encryption, I cannot even allow the possiblity of a completed form being submitted electronically.

Hi,
You may distribute the form as PDF form without checking on the option to add submit button and have the response sent to FormsCentral. Then you link the PDF form to your web site to allow users to download the form and fill out and then print out the completed form. Below is the UI to distribute form as PDF:
Thanks,
Wenlan

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I am using Acrobat Pro 9 to create a fillable form and the users of this form will have Acrobat Reader 9 or earlier.
Is there a way to email a completed, fillable pdf so the recipient of the email will receive the completed form but the sender does not have to save the form prior to sending?
I've created this fillable form on a shared network drive for our staff to complete when they want to request time off from work. In order to avoid using paper, I want them to fill out this form electronically and email it to their supervisor but I don't want them to be able to save the filled out form. I tested the form and when I fill it out and send it to myself, it comes back as blank...unless I save a copy of it which I don't want to do.
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Thanks!

Thanks for the response Bill. The form was created using Acrobat Pro 9.
I understand the concept of having to save the form but not the data however most of my staff are not very computer literate and I need to keep it as simple as possible:
1. Open the form, fill it out and hit Send.
2. Recipient opens the email, clicks the attachment and reads the form.
I don't mind setting things up and doing the hard work but if the users have to do anything other than 1 and 2, then its not worth setting up.
I guess the main issue with staff keeping a copy of the form is that they can then go back, change something on the form (ie, the date they want time off from work) and then resend the form. Sounds childish but you don't know the people I work with. lol
Maybe I should ask: is there a way to automatically generate a date stamp on a document once it is saved and it can't be deleted or altered? If a completed form is sent to the supervisor and the date stamp is before the current date, the supervisor will know that the form was altered.
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I'm looking to create an informational sheet (PDF) in which some of my offices can insert their own contact information into a single box. I want to get rid of the purple box on the top of the form which talks about distribution which will confuse many. Is it possible to create a plain PDF with one box to insert information into without all the fancy stuff to send the form back? I don't need to track it or get it back!
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Hi llvi56,
You might want to refer the KB : http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/create-fillable-pdf-forms-acrobat.html

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I want to create a fillable, saveable form in which the source document changes. Hope I am using the correct verbiage. Source document meaning the Word document that I convert to a .pdf, which I then use to create the fillable form. This source document has client/description information that consistently changes. Is there any way to easily create the fillable form, without having to insert/size/change the text boxes each time (iow, create a whole new form each time)? I am using Acrobat X.
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If you can have a copy of the original form, create a PDF of the changed form and create a new PDF with a name different that the original form. This will be content layer of the document and not have the form field layer or form fields. You can then open the original PDF form and use the "Document => Replace pages..." to replace the underlying content of the original form while retaining the form field layer. You can now save the revised form. You may need to relocate form form fields due to changes in the form.

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I have created a pdf form in Live Cycle. When I go to distribute it (so it will be fillable/saveable) it include a "Submit Button" which is used to email/upload the document to a server. The button is located in the purple heading on Adobe Reader.
I do not want this and need to remove it. I do not need to email this document through this method nor upload it to a server.
I know this can be done as I have done it before but it has been over a year. I removed it previously and it had something to do with your Adove identity and had to "trick" Adobe to not pull your domain email address. I vaguely remember it was a setting for ghost/anonymous setting or something to that effect.
Can anyone help me? I just want to distribute a fillable form without being able to submit it through a button on the forum.
I have Adobe Pro 9 and Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2.
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Hi,
If you do a search for Document Message Bar on this forum, you will find plenty of discussions on it.
When you distribute a form it is taking the email address that is associated with Acrobat. So if edit this in Acrobat preferences, it may help:
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Is there a way to save a fillable form (in Reader) as a static (uneditiable) image and send it for signature without the recipient being able to revise the fields at all?

Is there a way to save a fillable form (in Reader) as a static (uneditiable) image and send it for signature without the recipient being able to revise the fields at all? I have designed a number of fillable forms and sent them to our clients as Reader extended pdfs to be filled out and sent back. Now, certain clients want to be able to fill in the fields and save the doc as a pdf that can't be tampered with so that they can send it to their own people for signature to be returned to them hand-signed and scanned via email.
Since the forms have been secured, and my cleints are only using the free Acrobat Reader, how can they save the filled in form as a static pdf to send on for signature? They do not want to have to print, scan and email. Is there an app, plug-in, simple solution to this?
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The signature WILL work! I've just looked into it more, thank you so much for pointing me in that direction.
I get it now, it locks the form fields in place after my coworker fills them in and signs it (as the very last step).
I wish I would have asked on here a full day ago. Would have saved a lot of headache and Googling.
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Why will my web form submit but my fillable form not submit with the same data in both?

i have developed a form in formscentral. When I trest it as a web form, it submits all the data to my attached fromscentral response form. I copy and paste the same data into tjhe fillable pdf form I generate from the distribute forms option with a submit buttion, and the form will not submit. It gives an "unable to connect to server" error.
When I try an empty form. it will submit. When I delete data from text fields. I will eventually reach a pint where the form will submit.
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Hi Mark,
Sorry for not being clear.
There is a system limit of 10000 characters in a multiline text field. Say you designed a form where a multiline text field has a limit of 20 characters. The following text will submit without error in the HTML form but will fail in the PDF form:
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I just got XI Pro ... I've never had a pro version before. A co-worker who has used pro for ages (but has an older version) showed me how to make it so that a PDF filled form could be saved by another user. However, in the version I have it seems that the ability for another user to save a PDF filled form is automatic ... I can't figure out how to shut it off.
Our PDF fillable forms will be on our website, but we DO NOT WANT a user to be able to save the filled or the blank form. Looking for a PRINT-ONLY option once it's been filled out.
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This was recent;y discussed here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5881211
There was a major change made with Reader 11 that allows it to save filled-in forms, add all sorts of comments/markups, and some other things without the document needing to be Reader-enabled, unlike all previous versions. This is what you're noticing. So the best you can do is attempt to clear the fields when the document is saved and/or when it's opened.

How do I get the text in a fillable form to print?

I have a unique problem in that I frequently use fillable forms downloaded from one particular site (court forms). All of the forms I can fill in and print without a problem...except for one. I can fill it out, save it, but when it prints, it prints out blank. I assume there is somet mistake with this particular form that the permissions are set to not allow the text to print, but I can't figure out how or if I can change that. Again, it's only with this one form (see link below). I have no such problem with any other fillable PDF on this or any other site.
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Report this issue to the form's authors. Since it's secured it's not easy to find out what the cause of the problem is, but more than likely they set up the fields as "visible, but doesn't print", instead of "visible".

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Good Afternoon!
This is my first time posting here, so forgive me if this is in the wrong place.
I am an IT technician trying to support a user who is trying to change a PDF into a fillable form using Acrobat 10.1.4. She is trying to use the wizard as shown in the image below:
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Save early and often.
I would save the result right after the wizard has made its errors.
One needs to delete the form field and then manually add the correct type of field. If you want that check box and the next to be mutually exclusive, one gives them the same name and sets the export value for each check box to a unique value.
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I do not like the wizards and create forms by adding all form fields manually according to my planned form design.

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Can someone help me figure out what I need to do in order to fix this? I just need people to be able to fill in the form and submit it without having Adobe Pro (reader only). Please help!
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Not sure why you'd post this in the forum for PDF Pack, a subcription service...?
Please also indicate the exact symptoms in Reader, and which version of Reader, rather than replying on everyone getting the same results as you.

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Hi;
This is a bit of a broad question, let me try to understand your needs a little better.
Are you looking to use FormsCentral to either create your form or create the form and collect and manage the responses? Are you looking for a web/HTML form or a PDF?
FormsCentral allows you to create web/html forms that when they are submitted the data is sent to FormsCentral and in a Paid level subscription you can configure Email Notifications to email the results to you, they are also always available in FormsCentral to view and analyze. For the web/HTML form you can simply add a link to the form on your website, or the web/HTML form can also be "Embedded" into your web site (there is Embed code on the Distribute tab).
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If you do use PDF see this FAQ on PDF in the web - we do not recommend "embedding" the PDF into your web page, do not have the PDF open in the browser, the users should download the PDF and fill it out using the Free Adobe Reader: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-4142
Thanks,
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