Save a completed form?

I have 2 questions:
a.) how do you design the form to be able to save a copy of it completed for later use?
b.) Is there a way to have something auto-populate when used in multiple locations? (i. e. a person's name)
Thank you!

So you can have a button on the form to initiate the save but the user will have to complete the save or choose the File SaveAS in Reader or Acrobat. The complete task cannot be automated. You can put a button on the form and put this code on the click event:
app.execmenuItem("saveAs");
The user will have to complete the dialog to finish the save.
For the binding click on the field that you want to repeat, then set the Binding, then click the next field, then set the binding (ensuring that they have the same name).

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