Scan Blank Form to Acrobat

Situation: Scan Blank Form and I need to fill the blank.
Q: What program I need to use to fill the blank?

A scanned form is just a picture, not a PDF form. For what you want, there is no need to OCR it, just to create your own form fields that you can complete. Simple open the scanned form in Acrobat and to do the TOOLS>Interactive tools and select the text form tool or other if apporpriate. (the tools might be wrong, I am on the wrong machine for AA XI, but the process is still valid).

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Scan and fill form using Acrobat 6.0

How can I scan hardcopy of a form, save as PDF, open the form in Acrobat 6.0, and fill in the blanks (fields)?

Thanks Dave.
I'm aware that my 6.0 acrobat is way out of date. But I thought I created a fillable form a few years ago using it. But in that case it probably was a PDF going into the process, not a scanned form. Also, I was using vista at the time and now have win 7/64bit.
I'll try the OCR routine but your post suggests what I suspected, that I can't get to where I'm going from here.
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:27:21 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Scan and fill form using Acrobat 6.0
    Re: Scan and fill form using Acrobat 6.0
    created by CtDave in Creating, Editing & Exporting PDFs - View the full discussion
As Acrobat 6 went out of support / obsolete many years ago you'll want to be sure the OS is compatible and the scanner software is compatible.
Use Acrobat's create PDF from scanner feature (review the Help file if needed, the Help PDF was installed when Acrobat 6 was installed).
So, you'll now have that PDF.
But, it is not yet a form PDF.
The scanner output is an image so you have an image / a picture as the PDF page content.
You may want to use Acrobat's OCR feature to provide a hidden layer of renderable characters.
Use Acrobat's form tools to build your form. As Acrobat 6 is long ago gone by I don't recall if it had a "form wizard". Check the Help PDF.
Be well...
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Mail in Mavericks sending my filled form Adobe Acrobat Pro PDF files blank, this didn't happened in Mountain Lion, please help!!! :(

Mail in Mavericks sending my filled form Adobe Acrobat Pro PDF files blank, this didn't happened in Mountain Lion, this where created in Adobe Acrobat Pro X and never had any problems in Monutain Lion, please help me

Thanks for your response, it is a mail problem, I been sendings filled form PDFs estimates for years from my Mac then yesterday I went from mountain lion to mavericks and the problem started, if I zip or move te files to any other windows or Mac computer it opens fine, the problem is when I attach it to a message in mail it attached the file blank

How to auto-fill data into Acrobat 9 PDF created from scanned paper form/document

Hello,
I am new to Adobe Acrobat Pro 9. I have scanned a paper form/document that
originally had various data lines to be written on using an ink pen. I saved
the scanned PDF as an Acrobat 9 PDF. I have added various pertinent text fields
and checkboxs to PDF form and saved it with appropriate extended setting to
allow end-user to type on PDF and save a copy. At the bottom form there is a
name/signature text field for end-user name to be typed and a calendar text date
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I need to send this PDF form to various end-users using (Groupwise/Novell) email
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tools like javascript, etc. that will help me accomplish this task?
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How to auto-fill data into scanned paper form converted to Acrobat 9 PDF

Hello,
I am new to Adobe Acrobat Pro 9. I have scanned a paper form/document that originally had various data lines to be written on using an ink pen. I saved the scanned PDF as an Acrobat 9 PDF. I have added various pertinent text fields and checkboxs to PDF form and saved it with appropriate extended setting to allow end-user to type on PDF and save a copy. At the bottom form there is a name/signature text field for end-user name to be typed and a calendar text date when name/signature text field is entered .
I need to send this PDF form to various end-users using (Groupwise/Novell) email to have them sign or type their name and date at bottom of form. Is there a way that Adobe Acrobat 9/PDF will recognize the email sender and allow the name/signature field to automatically fill-in signature/name textbox. Are there tools like javascript, etc. that will help me accomplish this task?
I don't know where to begin. I am a newbie. Please help!

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Before I purchase Adobe Acrobat XI Professional I need to be assured that if I scan a form that I will then be able to input information into the form without the document being changed

Before I purchase Adobe Acrobat XI Profressional I need to be assured that if I scan a form that I will then be able to type onto the form without it changing the document

Hi Gilad
I downloaded the trail version but when I open the desktop icon after I've downloaded and restarted I get the following error message.
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How can I import a form to get it back into a blank form?

I was informed to do this with the form they sent me to use : The recipient of this data file should save it locally with a unique name. Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 or later can process this data by importing it back into the blank form or creating a spreadsheet from several data files. See Help in Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 or later for more details.
I am new to working with forms and would love some suggestions. Thank you

So you have Acrobat Professional installed? What version?

How do I create a fill-in-the-blank forms

How do I create a fill-in-the-blank forms in Pages 5

Pages does not do it like Word, best you can do is tab over a space and leave that space for the user to type into.
Perhaps putting a small label under to indicate what is required.
A fill in the blanks form made in Pages however really defeats the point.
Who out there has Pages, particularly whatever incompatible version you are using?
Pages has trouble opening Pages files thanks to Apple.
Use standard file formats either pdf (created in Pages, turned into a form in Acrobat Pro or their website) or Word .docx.
Peter

Trouble printing a Livecycle Form in Acrobat or Reader

I've created a form in Livecycle 8.0 which I intend to have users fill in in Acrobat or Reader. When I try to print the form in Acrobat, either to a printer or to PDF, it simply prints a blank document. I've got Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 but I've also tried to do this in Acrobat Standard v8 and had exactly the same problem.
I'm fairly new to Livecycle, and I've run through the tutorials and noticed that the forms I produced in them all seem to print fine, so I assume the problem lies with some setting I've used to create this other forms, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

That's very strange. I've sent it to 3 colleagues here. Everyone who opened it in Acrobat (version 8.1 and 8.1.2) were unable to print, while the person who only had Reader could print. What version of Acrobat do you have? Could it be a problem with 8.1?

Creating Forms in Acrobat Pro

I have created a form in Acrobat Pro. I want to be able to email it out to my clients, have them fill it out, save it and email it back to me.
I've got the form created. I looks great and works well if you've got ACrobat Pro. But all my clients just have reader.
They can't fill out the form and email it back. I get a lot of errors saying that their version of Acrobat can only save a blank copy.
What can I do to fix this? I really need them to be able to fill out this form and email it back to me.
Thanks.
-DRW

Really. Have to say that's kind of irritating.
Not really sure what Adobe is trying to accomplish with that. I have Acrobat Pro, all my clients have Reader... what's the big deal? Why 500? why not 600 or 510?
There are too many rules to keep up with... I'm moving to Canada. They are less strict up there... lol.
Thanks for the heads up. It'll be years before I reach the 500 uses. Maybe by then Adobe won't care.
-Drw

Blank form fields with data?

I've created a form in Acrobat and sent it to a few people to test. When they send it back to me, some people say even though they saved their data, when it's previewed in their browser (email) it looks blank. When I receive forms sent back to me, the form appears blank, but when I click in the field, the answer appears.
How can I fix the form so that no one is confused by a blank form after they fill it out? I'm not concerned about receiving the blank forms since there is data, I'm more concerned that a customer will see a blank form after they've filled it out and get frustrated.
BTW, we've tried opening the forms returned to us in MAC and PC, same problem.
Thanks,
D

The problem occurs when the Preview application on a Mac is used to fill-in the forms. It is well known the Preview corrupts PDFs in a number of ways and it should be absolutely avoided when using PDF forms. The damage it does to a document cannot be repaired, but you can open the corrupted form in Acrobat, export the form data (to an FDF or XFDF file), and import it back into a blank form. Then inform your users to use Adobe Reader and not Preview.
Also, some PDF viewers (e.g., iOS's built-in viewer) have no support for PDF forms at all, so forms will appear blank when opened. The fix for this is to have them open the form in Adobe Reader. This is assuming the form was not corrupted with Preview.

Is possible to save a form using Acrobat Reader? How to?

Hi all,
I designed a static pdf form using Livecycle. I want to send it to the form recipients, and I need they return me the pdf form filled. I can do this without problems on Adobe Acrobat Pro, but my mates that are using Adobe Reader can't save the filled form. Adobe Reader offers them to save a blank copy of the form or print it filled. But this isn't what I need. I need to have x copies of the form (of the pdf file) filled by my x recipients. Is there any option in Livecycle to allow saving the filled form on Acrobat Reader?
Thanks in advance,
Enrique Llorens
P.D. Apologies for my awful english...

Hi Enrique,
In order for users with Reader to be able to save your form, it has to be 'Reader Enabled' before you send it out.
You have three choices:
Reader enable the form with LC Reader Extensions ES2, which is a server based component of the enterprise suite. This is intended for processing large volumes of forms/data and is an additional cost per form.
Reader enable the form using Acrobat Standard v9 (or Acrobat Pro v7 to v8). This has license restrictions to less than 500 users per form.
Instead of users with Reader sending the form back as a PDF. You could set up a 'Submit as XML' button. This does not require the users with Reader to Save the form.
I have a summary of features (functions that are available/restricted) depending on whether the form is enabled and how it was enabled on our blog: http://assurehsc.ie/blog/index.php/2010/05/using-livecycle-forms-in-acrobat-and-reader/
When you open the sample at the end of the post, if you hover over the question marks, you will see screenshots of the enabling process.
Hope that helps,
Niall

LiveCycle 8.0 Digital Signature shows Orange Flag ONLY IF Blank Form Has Submit or Email Button

My subject line says it all. After a lot of experimenting, including reinstalling Adobe Designer Standard 8.0, I have found that, in Adobe LiveCycle 8.0.1291.1.339988, my drag-and-dropped Document Signature Field will include a clickable orange flag ONLY IF the blank form I started with includes an E-mail button or Submit button. Strange but true. If you then delete these buttons, the orange clickable flag still appears fine.
Try it...
In Adobe Designer Standard 8.0 LiveCycle:
1. File > New.
2. Select Use a blank form, Next.
3. Next.
4. In Form Return Setup dialog box, DEselect Add an Email button and DEselect Add a print button (so that both are NOT checkmarked).
5. Click Finish.
6. Drag a Document Signature Field to the blank page.
7. Click PDF Review tab. Note that no orange clickable flag appears for the user then to be able to use for entering a digital signature.
Close the page.
Try a variation now that will work (yielding an orange clickable flag):
1. File > New.
2. Select Use a blank form, Next.
3. Next.
4. In Form Return Setup dialog box, SELECT either the Add an Email button OR the Add a print button (so that either IS checkmarked).
5. Click Finish.
6. Drag a Document Signature Field to the blank page.
7. Click PDF Review tab. Note that an orange clickable flag DOES appear this time for the user then to be able to use for entering a digital signature.
8. For further test, click the Design View tab and now DELETE the displayed button.
9. Click PDF Review. The flag is still there.
BOTTOM LINE: It at least looks like it's not just "Distribute forms" that requires that you have a button at Blank Form creation time. Also "Digital Signature" functionality requires that you display a button at Blank Form creation time -- which you can then delete.
A bug? Or do I have some major concept wrong -- maybe I'm mis-interpreting the whole Digital Signature concept and process?

Is this in the wrong forum? The problem I am having is with Acrobat's Distribution feature.
Shawn Gallagher
Program Specialist, Records Management, OSS
[email protected]
202-70(7-5595)
>>> MichaelKazlow <[email protected]> 2/18/2010 9:49 PM >>>
Please repost in the Designer forum.

When I send a PDF by email the recipient sees only a blank form on the iPhone and iPad. This has only occurred since IOS 7 was updated

When I send a PDF attachment by email the recipient sees only a blank unfilled form. This has only occurred since IOS 7 was updated. The email with the PDF when recieved by my MAC is OK, but my phone and iPad are not!
Any advise would be appreciated.

I have the same problem. Sought to insert a pdf into Apple Mail after editing a form pdf and only the blank form shows. I didn't use Preview to generate the form, just Acrobat. And, the filled in form inserts perfectly into an email when I use Outlook for Mac. Problem only with Apple Mail.
HELP!!

Mac OS X Preview application and phantom blank form fields

I created a "employment application form" for my company in Acrobat. Occasionally our HR department will get a returned application form with the "phantom blank form fields". The information is there but invisible. I used the export form data and have been able to recover the data and make a viewable .pdf again but I would like to see if any one else has been encountering problems like this and what the solution may be.
In this thread http://forums.adobe.com/message/4746439 Brian points out that it's likely that folks are using the Mac OS X Preview rather than Reader to fill in the form (thought for a long time that it was some sort of platform issue - the Mac thing makes perfect sense). Is there a way that I could possibly avert this problem when creating and distributing the document out of Acrobat?
Regards

Workaround:
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/2009/11/script_to_fix_mac_osx_previewa.html
Solution: Don't use Preview.

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