Help automating actions?

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March 25, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I am looking for a bit of help if some kind soul wouldn't mind?

I am trying to create a form for work; the form is stored centrally with members of the team all filling in the form, printing or emailing it, then closing it. In an ideal world I'd like to automated the form with a button which would flatten the PDF, save a copy to the user's desktop, and then close the original form without keeping their inputs in the source form.

Is this possible or am I hoping for too much?

Thank you in advance to everyone who helps.

Mark

P.S. I'm on Adobe Acrobat Pro

Correct answer PDF Automation Station

If everyone has Acrobat Pro, you can flatten. You can't flatten with Reader. If you want to save silently (without further user interaction) you will need a trusted function in folder level script on each computer, or a custom menu item. If you don't need to save silently you can use:

this.flattenPages(); //flattens the file

app.execMenuItem("SaveAs");//activates save as

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If everyone has Acrobat Pro, you can flatten. You can't flatten with Reader. If you want to save silently (without further user interaction) you will need a trusted function in folder level script on each computer, or a custom menu item. If you don't need to save silently you can use:

this.flattenPages(); //flattens the file

app.execMenuItem("SaveAs");//activates save as