Receive responses to distributed form as non-fillable PDF.

Hello everyone,
I have recently found the form distribution feature in acrobat 9 to be very useful in obtaining new patient information at the doctor's office where I work. I prepare a template new patient demographic information pdf file, and email the form as I please to obtain patient demographic information. However, I want to streamline the form management process as much as possible. Since the forms I will be distributing include signatures, the last thing I want is for received forms to remain editable when a patient has signed off on inputted information for someone in our staff to unintentionally edit or botch in some way. Is there any way to configure the form I created and will hopefully distribute to be sent back to the distributor (me) as a non-fillable .pdf?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
You can configure the properties of the signature field to lock the document as part of the signing process. Select the Digital Signature Properties dialog and then select the Signed tab.
Select the Mark as read-only radio button and leave the drop-down menu set to All fields.
Steve

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