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zsakisidhu
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February 12, 2019
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How to 'Save as' on a fillable PDF form on iPad and email copy?

  • February 12, 2019
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Hello all,

Apologies if this has been answered previously but I did spend a lot of time searching and have found several people asking the same questions as me but not getting any answers [that I could find]. I have had a fillable PDF form which is a medical questionnaire for my customers to fill before treatments.

Firstly, I would like to fill the form in using the iPad and then 'save as' so that I can preserve the original blank form template to be used multiple times over for the following customer instead of saving the filled form overwriting my original blank form.

Secondly, when I go to send this form via the 'get link' or 'share a copy' to the customer who has just filled out the form, the form is still fillable and hence can be edited, I would like to send them their filled out form but in a normal uneditedable pdf form, how do i go about doing this?

Many thanks !

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Correct answer Meenakshi Negi

Hi Zsakisidhu,

Sorry for the delay in response,

There is no "Save as" option available in the Adobe Acrobat Reader for mobile.

You can either duplicate the form every time you fill it or you can use the Adobe Fill & Sign application.

When you open the PDF form in Adobe Fill & Sign, it does not make the changes to the original form.

You can open the PDF form in Fill & Sign application to fill it and then can share the file directly from there using the share icon.

Check if that works for you.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Meenakshi

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Test Screen Name
Legend
March 16, 2020

You can either duplicate the form every time you fill it or you can use the Adobe Fill & Sign application.

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EUNikhil
Participant
March 16, 2020

Hello, 

 

Thanks for the reply. 

 

I guess using the duplicate method is the only way out. I am already using the fill and sign application to fill out the form. 

 

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zsakisidhuAuthor
Participant
February 13, 2019

Just to update, I have managed to share the copy as a flattened pdf which no longer allows the form to be fillable, so thats 1 of my 2 questions solved, I still have not found a way to 'save as' on the original blank template form

the other way around it i have found is to duplicate the form every time i wish to fill a new one in, isn't there an easier way?

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Meenakshi NegiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
February 20, 2019

Hi Zsakisidhu,

Sorry for the delay in response,

There is no "Save as" option available in the Adobe Acrobat Reader for mobile.

You can either duplicate the form every time you fill it or you can use the Adobe Fill & Sign application.

When you open the PDF form in Adobe Fill & Sign, it does not make the changes to the original form.

You can open the PDF form in Fill & Sign application to fill it and then can share the file directly from there using the share icon.

Check if that works for you.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Meenakshi

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    cheyenne
    Participant
    November 22, 2019

    Hello, 

    I have just read your repsonse on fill and sign. Do by chance have the answer to my question. After our clients use fill & sign and share the document, the base file which should remain unchanged, still has all the filled out fields within it. We haven't had this issue until the most recent update. 

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