PDF Form Templates

Hi, is there a way you can create a PDF Form as a Template that performs the same way as a Word Template .dotx?
I want to be able to have the PDF forms sit on our server but I don't want staff saving information over the template...any suggestions

Hi,
The Acrobat Forms forum would be a better target for your question:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat/forms
The simplest solution that springs to mind is to give your staff read-only permissions on the PDF form. If they tried to save changes to the PDF they would be prompted to save in a different location.
Regards,
Brian

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