How can I create a button to email a form after it is completed

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I have created a form using Adobe Acrobat DC. I want to be able to provide a button so the user can just click the button and have the form saved and emailed

out to our purchasing manager after they fill it out. Is this possible?

davidc70979136 · Accepted Answer

I managed to do this within the Prepare Form tool. Add a button (click the OK button from the menu on top), then double-click the button you've place within your pdf. Under Actions, Select Action, Scroll down to Submit a Form. Edit the Submit Form and add a mailto: purchasingmanager@yourdomain.com. Check the PDF The Complete document option to send the entire form.

In Options: put text into the Label section (like submit or email).

Save the PDF.

When your users click on that button, it will prompt them to use their email application and also give them an option to save the document.

This is different from the distribute function which I'm hoping to figure out soon.

try67 · Answer

You can create a button that generates an email with the PDF attached to it, but the user will still need to send it manually.

To do so create a button form field, then go to its Actions tab and add a Mouse Up trigger with a "Submit form" action.

As the target URL you can use something like this (using your own email address, of course):

mailto:me@server.com

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