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joachiml4778227
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January 27, 2017
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PDF form printable but not saveable, even in Acrobat Pro?

  • January 27, 2017
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Hi, I'm working with people who need their PDF forms in a special way.

The persons who gets them should be able to fill in the forms and print them, but they should not be able to save them.

Now I thought I managed to do this and everything was fine, since my belief was that "most" people only have Acrobat Reader. But now I got a reply saying that if someone has Acrobat Pro, they can save it anyway.

So my question is simple; can I create a PDF form that no one else can save, even if they have Acrobat Pro?

Thanks!

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Correct answer try67

OK, thanks, try67.

Is that very complicated or do you have the time to show me how I do that?


No, it's quite simple.

With the file open in Acrobat, go to Tools - JavaScript - Set Document Actions.

Select the Document Will Save item in the list and click on Edit.

Into the window that opens paste this code:

this.resetForm();

Click OK and save the file, and you're done.

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Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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January 27, 2017

Users with Acrobat Reader DC can also save the form.

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joachiml4778227Author
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January 27, 2017

OK, when it comes to free Acrobat readers I have only tried it in Acrobat Reader X, and there you can't save it since it's not saved as a reader extended PDF.

Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 27, 2017

For version X and older you must reader extend the PDF file.

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