Travel Expense (Portal) - Adobe Form

Hi:
We recently implemented Adobe Forms for travel expense booking via portal. For that the necessary ADS configuration and other development changes were made. It is working fine except one issue. When we display/print an existing expense report on portal, it opens in pdf form with ides logo and other standard wording on it. How can we modify that print form to match our template? Where exactly that print form is assigned so that we can customize it?
Please advise.
Thanks.
RG

Upload your custom form via SFP.. and you can copy the standard travel expense form PTRV_EXPENSE_FORM which I think you already did (check the 2nd and also note 944221 if you have any problems with initiating the travel form)
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=233410928
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPHCM/CustomizingTravelExpenseforms%28SFP%29
These wiki links may help
Edited by: Sally Redmond on Jun 2, 2011 9:23 PM

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