Hi,
We want to create a PDF form of sorts (PDF, not online) and have a bunch of questions with either checkboxes, or radio buttons, or other ways for people to fill out the form. We do want to have it so that people HAVE to fill out certain fields / enter data / select options / etc. before they can save the form and send it back to us. How do we do this?
Thanks.
That is not quite possible. The best you can do is display a warning message when the file is saved, and/or force the fields in the saved file to be blank, but you can't prevent it entirely.
You will need a script to do both of those things. I developed a (paid-for) tool that allows you to set it up very easily, without having to write any code. It can also be used to apply the same when the file is printed.
You can find it here: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-validate-required-fields-before-printing-or-saving
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