Forms Central Save as PDF restricting editing

Hi now that Adobe is closing down Froms Central I have been saving my forms to edit in adobe pro but cannot do so because permissions wont allow me. Is there any way I can get around this?

As I remember there is a save as copy or such that can be used to turn off some of the form features. You may have to simply print the form to a new PDF and then try the form recognition tool within Acrobat. The folks in the forums sub forum may get to your answer faster, though some of them typically show up here also.

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