Printing fillable field info only

I recently downloaded a trial of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended. I scanned a multi-part (6pages/ carbon copies) form that I routinely use in my job. I then began creating fillable form fields for this document. My intention is to be able to fill in the fields on the computer and then print out, only the fillable info, as I will insert one of the multi part forms.
How do I set up the pdf file so I only print out the fillable info and not the other parts of the form? Please let me know if this makes sense?

I can do this option in my full version but when I sent it out to people with adobe standard X they don't have it, any other ideas?

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How to print out fillable fields only

I'm a newb, help! I am trying to create a form in LiveCycle.
I have brought in a pdf, made some fillable fields. So far so good, here's where I'm struggling.
I want the recipient of the pdf to fill out the forms, (while still seeing the pdf in the background), BUT when they print, I want them to ONLY print out the information that they filled in the fillable fields.
So basically, they receive a document in Adobe Reader, it has a pdf in the background, and they fill in some fields, then they place a page in their printer to just print the fillable fields only.
Does anyone know if this is possible?

"You can control the visibility of objects using the presence property"
Here is where I get confused. I understand that you can change the visibilty in this area, but I want the pdf background that is part of my form to be the area that doesn't print, so I can't understand how I highlight that particular area to switch it to "screen only" because it isn't really considering a text field or anything like that, it was just a pdf that I imported from the start and then built all my text fields on top of.

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I've created a fillable form in Acrobat 9 Pro from a Word doc. I need to print a listing of all field names in the document (and what they relate to) - when I go to the print dialogue box, there's an option for "print field names only" but it only results in a blank piece of paper. How can I get the field names only (I don't want any data within the fields only the field names themselves)? I see them on the screen in edit mode, but can't seem to locate a way to print them out.
Any help/ideas are greatly appreciated!

when I go to the print dialogue box, there's an option for "print field names only" but it only results in a blank piece of paper.
There is only a option 'print fields only'. With this option you can print the filled fields only.

What are the security settings to lock down a form with fillable fields and yet allow someone with Reader to fill in the fields as will as save the form and print it?

What are the security settings to lock down a form with fillable fields and yet allow someone with Reader to fill in the fields as will as save the form and print it?

You want to allow someone to open your document and fill out the form (in the fields you have created), but not change or edit the form, right? Here's the answer - assuming you are using Acrobat Pro and someone will be opening the PDF using at least Acrobat Reader 9 and up:
Tools > Protection > Encrypt < Encrypt with Password
Answer YES to change the security.
A new window opens:
     Do NOT select Document Open (or that will require a password to open the document.)
     Select: Permissions (Check the box next to "Restrict editing and printing of the document.")
     Change the following 2 settings from the drop-down box:
          Printing Allowed: Select High Resolution
          Changes Allowed: Select Commenting, filling in form fields, and signing signature fields
          Leave selected: "Enable text access for screen reader devices for the visually impaired"
          Change Permissions Password (insert a strong password)
          Leave all other settings alone in "Options"
          OK - OK
          Re-enter the Permissions Password (the one you entered above)
          OK - OK
          Save the PDF to apply the security [notice that (SECURED0 will appear after the document title]

Trying to print form fields only

I have made a fillable form with LiveCycle Designer, it is a 2 page form that my customer will receive by email, fill out and then feeds into a regular ink jet printer to print off fields onto an already pre-printed page they have in their office (they are basically filling out their name, address, etc contact information to print onto a brochure that is pre-printed) My client will use Acrobat Reader to fill in the form. Does anyone know a way to do this? I have read about making the background non-printable, or non-visible, but my background is an already created PDF that I have imported (with the forms built on top of it in LiveCycle). Doesn't seem to work unless I import it as an EPS.
I also have Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional. Is there a different way I should be doing this instead of LiveCycle? I have tried to import the PDF background as an EPS, but the quality makes it really bad and I want the professional quality of the pdf that I already have built, as I have 10 of these to do and the PDFs are already done.
I have been trying to work this out for 2 weeks and still not getting anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
OK I am back at the desk.
I have checked the help files for Acrobat 8 Pro and Acrobat 9 Pro and it appears that the ability to "import as a layer" was added in version 9. Sorry.
You can check out the help file here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/8.0/Professional/index.html and go to Editing PDFs > Layers.
If the original PDF was generated from InDesign you may still be able to get the layers into the PDF: Help file
"To retain layers when you convert InDesign CS or later documents to PDF, make sure that Compatibility is set to Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5) and that Create Acrobat Layers is selected in the Export PDF dialog box"
The last thing I can suggest (and I believe you can do this in Acrobat 8) is to start off with the blank PDF and from the Forms menu add a button to the page.
Resize the button to the full page and then right click on the button and get its properties.
The screen shots should look similar to v8. I am just going to highlight some of the setting you should set for the background button.
In particular make sure that the button behaviour is set to NONE in the Options tab.
Hope that helps,
Niall

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Before I get to the meat, a little background. We are in the process of converting all of our forms into PDFs so to keep everything the same across the company. My company is a contract packager, and we ship out many items. We have purchased forms for Bills of Lading and Packing slips that have duplicate copies for the back.
We would like to be able to scan the form into the computer, and create a PDF with text fields to type in the information, but then only print the form field data. Basically, I want the form to show up on the computer screen but only print the data that's entered. With Acrobat, I can select in the printer box to print form fields only, but when I put the form on the system and tried it on a computer that only has Reader it doesn't give me the option of printing the fields only. (I'm the only computer that has and uses Acrobat).
I'm not a programmer of any sorts, but is there a way to have Reader do what I want it to?
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Bret

Hello Eveyone
My solution for this is simple
In Adobe Pro, go to menu bar in:
Documente-->
Backgroup-->
Add and Replace or Update
in Apperance select
Apperance Options
remove the check for "SHOW WHEN PRINTING"
This solved the problem to print forms with background in your company.
GOOD LUCK

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I created a form in LiveCycle for use by an admin (who only has Adobe Reader, not Acrobat) to print checks. I want to print form fields ONLY.
Is there a way to do this?
HELP!

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Ok!
Thank you! It works great!
I just forgot to specify that the choices are more than two, more likely 3 as the image below.
The text is in Italian but maybe the concept is understandable: if I check the box "A) Nuovo cliente" must be filled in the related fields taken from another spreadsheet above; if you check the box "B) Cliente titolare di..." must be empty fields of A) and compiled those of B) and so on ... Idem for the "C) Cliente occasionale".

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