Saving a Fillable Form

I have developed a LC designer version 8 form and saved it as .pdf. I am trying to grant user rights in Adobe8 prof, and getting error message - "This document could not be reader enabled". I want our users to complete the form and save the form via Acrobat reader. Can someone help?

Can you post the form to [email protected] and I will try it here. I only have Acrobat version 9 so I will try on that one.

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Rebecca - Dave's reply was missing an answer to your question: "Everybody that receives it buys Acrobat 8"? No, those using the forms DO NOT need to have Acrobat Professional 8. Usually one person (such as yourself), has Acrobat 8 and enables the rights on those forms created (there is actually a selection to do this). Once the form is enabled, anyone who simply has Reader can fill in and save a form.
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A week? You should really try to learn a bit more core JavaScript if you plan to create more such scripts... Also, make sure you tick on the option in Acrobat to show the console on errors and warnings. You should see there something like this (when running the old code):
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Please, someone help! I designed a form in Livecycle and after saving it, it worked fine here at the house. I took it to work, and it stated that I couldn't save it. I read about allowing rights on one of these Adobe pages, but the instructions for enabling rights didn't apply to Adobe "X" Pro (version 10). What tabs and what commands must I use to give full rights to the file?
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Bobby answered the question, but you should ask about the need for saving the form. If the data is to be submitted, saving the form is not required for that option (data only). The data can then be imported into the form to get the same results. If you do the activation, be sure you read the EULA as there is a restriction on the number of submissions of the form (or its reincarnations). If it is for the web, then I would not recommend the activation. The user can always print the form if you allow that option.

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How was the form created, if the form was created using LiveCycle Designer: Saving Fillable Form as non-fillable PDF
And if is Acrobat form, you may try suggestion from this link: How to "flatten" a pdf in Adobe Acrobat X Pro, Under print production, under tool in Acrobat--> Flattener preview. Also, ::Form Field Flattening in Acrobat X
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