How to make fillable PDF forms to non fillable to receipient?

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August 8, 2018
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I am making an eform for my company. However when the form is submitted, it can still be edited(the fillable part) by the recipients. How do I make it fillable by others but cannot be altered/edited/filled by the recipients of the forms?

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Correct answer try67

There's no point in getting into the details if you don't want to use that approach...

Alternatively you can use a script to either completely flatten the form fields in the file (if it's going to be used exclusively in Acrobat), or set them as read-only (if it's also going to be used in Reader).

try67

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There are various ways of doing it. The most secure one is to digitally sign the file and set the signature field to lock all the fields when signed.

cldjnyngAuthor

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Do you mind elaborating what do I do when I edit the properties of digital signature? also, is there another alternative for making it read-only pdf when it gets to the receiver? digital signature is quite difficult since not everyone has it here

try67

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There's no point in getting into the details if you don't want to use that approach...

Alternatively you can use a script to either completely flatten the form fields in the file (if it's going to be used exclusively in Acrobat), or set them as read-only (if it's also going to be used in Reader).

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