Saving a form design as pdf

I've designed a form using a template form. How can i save the form as a pdf for my survey?

Could you please send me the following information:
Operating System
Account type/level
Acrobat XI version (ie., 11.0.2, 11.0.0)
FormsCentral build number (go to menu Help-> About FormsCentral)
Name of the Template you used
Precise steps you take leading up to the error
For your protection, you can send the information directly to me at [email protected]
Jeff Canepa
Software Quality Engineer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
[email protected]

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Further to reply by Jef Canepa. Am unable to save form design as pdf. am getting error msg " Cannot export PDF, Acrobat.com encountered an unexpected error."
I created the form from a template in adobe acrobat pro XI. Kindly advise. I need to form to send out for survey on my education program.
Thanks

Could you please send me the following information:
Operating System
Account type/level
Acrobat XI version (ie., 11.0.2, 11.0.0)
FormsCentral build number (go to menu Help-> About FormsCentral)
Name of the Template you used
Precise steps you take leading up to the error
For your protection, you can send the information directly to me at [email protected]
Jeff Canepa
Software Quality Engineer
Adobe Systems, Inc.
[email protected]

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Dear All,
I use Acrobat 7.0.
I created forms with Adobe Designer,then I saved this form as PDF.
I want to add a few field that are; button tool,check box,Drop-down list,List box,radio button,text field,signature field, in the PDF.
I can add in the body page but I want to add in the PDF form.
How can I add these fields?
Thanks.

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I am having an issue with a form that was created in ES2. If you use the form created in ES2, the assembler process works fine. Once you open the form and save it using ES3, the process fails. Any idea what to look for, or anybody else see this behavior? I have also created a new form using the the old form as a template and it also fails.

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On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Jeremy Ostendorf <[email protected]

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Hi,
We have an "Ideas" page where you can add or vote on feature ideas:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/formscentral?view=idea
I am pretty sure this idea has been added for you to vote on, but I didn't find it to link to. I know it is a popular request though so if you need to add a new idea click "Create an idea" under "Actions" in the top right, I am sure it will get a lot of votes..
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HI guys,
I have designed a few dynamic pdf forms that was developed using Livecycle Designer ES. These forms are online fillable forms and I will be uploading these on my site so my users can open these forms in their browsers, complete the form online and print it out for their personal use. These forms are more like online tools for the users. For this, I also have to provide a Troubleshoot guide to my users so they can refer to this if they are unable to open the forms or having trouble viewing the forms properly. So right now I am working on creating this Troubleshoot documentation and I dont want to give the wrong info to my users so I have some clarifications and some doubts and wondering if you guys can help me out..
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2) Also, further to this I understand that the users need to have an Acrobat reader browser plug-in in order to open the pdfs in their browsers. So, I will be adding a list of various pdf plug-in download links for various browsers.
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Some users are having problems viewing my forms I created using livecycle:
1) I have a created a few dynamic forms designed using livecycle designer ES..In order for my users to open these forms, they need to have atleast Adobe acrobat / reader version 8.1 or higher to view these dynamic files. However, quite a few of my users are saying that they are still unable to open these forms directly from their browser although they have downloaded the latest Acrobat X version and the browser plug-ins in their computer. It happens to both windows and mac computers. But they are able to download these files and open it directly from their adobe reader though. It happens with all browsers for them...some of them have even called up mac support as well as adobe support and they were advised that it could be a problem with my forms that I find hard to believe since it opens in my computer and opens for a lot of other users. Its only a few users still having this difficulties and I can't understand why! They have also tried enabling "Adobe Reader" as a default problem to open pdf files by opening the adobe reader. They also have tried uninstalling and re-installing the readers and still the same problem. These LC files just dont open inside their browser for them.
2) Also, I recently uploaded a dynamic file in acrobat file sharing. I noticed that when I click on this file sharing link, it also shows the message that I dont have the latest reader installed (something similar to what my users say about my forms), Why am I getting the below message when I have the latest adobe installed? I am able to open other dynamic xml forms in my browsers..why does this happen? I wonder if other user's problem who open my forms from my site is similar to this problem I have with acrobat file sharing...not sure... (example url: https://acrobat.com/#d=fs-E6Bqml8r0FWI8aMu09g )
To view the full contents of this document, you need a later version of the PDF viewer. You can upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader from etc...etc...etc..
What can be the problem when the adobe version is already updated and also the plug-ins are updated too?? I have read a lot of links in adobe site itself which suggest various methods to test out the forms, browsers, plug-ins, etc..and I also understand that it doesnt work for iOS & Android devices, but this problem still happens to some users even after trying out these troubleshoots. Can someone plz explain if there are other limitations or solution for these users?

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You will need to have a paid FormsCentral account (Basic or Plus) or a copy of Acrobat Pro XI.
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I am a newbie to Adobe LiveCycle but recognized the utility in the program, so decided to give it a while to try and streamline some of my employer's forms. After spending too much time learning how to design a form (much to the dislike of my boss), I am finally going to have to ask for some help. So here's the deal:
I've designed a dynamic pdf in LiveCycle with two master pages and two repeating flowed subforms. The first repeating subform is basically an expanding table intended to be used as a photographer's log where they can log each photo taken with the camera. The expanding table has some code with a button at the top for the end user to enter the number of photos on the photo roll, click submit, and table expands to however many instances of rows are needed for each photo that was taken. The second subform is basically an image field and text fields used as photo captions/photo compilation pages. When the end user clicks submit on the first subform to expand the table, I also have javascript in that click event to also create same amouint of instances of the second subform (the photo compilation page(s)). Each text field for the photo caption on the second subform is populated by the data entered into the photo log table cells. I was able to find a script to correctly populate those fields for each instance of the table. Wish I had the form here, but it's at work at the moment.
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The error(s) occur when trying to save the document. I want each user to tell the first page how many rows they will need in the photo log table, so they would enter however many photos were taken in the box: "Number of Photos on Roll:" ---> Then click the "Submit" cmd button. That should expand the table. Once it expands, it should also add the same amount of instances of the photo compilation page (2nd Page) as there are rows in 1st page table. Then the user will populate each cell of the table on page 1 with data. The data entered into the page 1 table cells will populate the text fields (photo caption) in Page 2 once the user clicks on the "Populate Captions!" cmd button in the lower left corner of the table on Page 1.
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-had 5 additional rows added to Page 1
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Hello
I have a registration form for a family camp. The first page collects the personal information and the second page calculates a financial total. I don't have LifeCycle and designed this using Adobe X Pro. I use a third party data extractor tool for forms returned to move the typed information into Excel. The problem I'm running into is a lot of people don't scroll and complete the second page of the form before saving and submitting it. This results in incomplete information when we extract to Excel and more work for us to process the application.
My thoughts are this could be partially remedied if the user received a prompt when they go to save the form or after a certain field was completed (perhaps clicking the "I agree" button) that asks them to double check to make sure they completed the second page. Similar to how if they try to type in letters in the phone number field they receive a message that they can only use numbers.
The problem I'm having is I have no idea if we can create a prompt when someone goes to save the form, or if I can trigger a prompt for after someone completes a particular field and how to go about doing either? Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can accomplish this or where I can look to for some further help?
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PS Here's the form I'm working on - http://accwesterncamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Western-Camp-Application-2015-Fillabl e.pdf

Sorry for the link that turned bad above. Here's a functional one: http://accwesterncamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Western-Camp-Application-2015-Fillabl e.pdf
Ultimately I have decided against continuing to work with a PDF fillable. The functionality I ultimately wanted was too cumbersome. In doing additional research I came across Adobe Forms Central which is being decommissioned. In the FAQ section I found a recommendation for an online form design service called Cognito which I ultimately decided to go with. This service allows registrants to register multiple people, pretty robust form logic, and process payment all at one go. The cost is very small too. If you would like to see how the digitization and online processing of the form turned out you can see it here: http://accwesterncamp.com/registration/
Thanks for all the help and recommendations in the forum though!

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