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alan@williams
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April 9, 2019
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Save/Flatten documents

  • April 9, 2019
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I am in need of employing a save/flatten tool in acrobat reader. Apparently this is not possible, so I have read in these forums. I have through recent times complete various formal application documents and have saved them in reader before returning the the rightful department. I am wondering how they have achieved this.

Can anyone help me please - I desperately need to come up with a solution to save and flatten in reader!!

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    Correct answer try67

    Reader can't flatten a file, period. It can set the fields as read-only, which is hardly the same as it can be easily reversed, and it can also lock the fields when the file is digitally signed, which is a much stronger protection.

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    try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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    April 9, 2019

    Reader can't flatten a file, period. It can set the fields as read-only, which is hardly the same as it can be easily reversed, and it can also lock the fields when the file is digitally signed, which is a much stronger protection.

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