Scaning into a .pdf form

I have created a .pdf form using Acrobat 9 Pro with 17 designated fields. What I would like to do is to be able to scan completed hardcopy forms of the same layout and pull only the content from the fields I designated on the form I created. Ultimately the info would then be exported into an ACT! database. Is this possible? Thanks!

You should have the data submitted and not the form. There is no need to get the form when the data is what you need. You can also extract the data within Acrobat.

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