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johnnyZ
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March 17, 2023
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Creating a Fill-in Form from a MS Word Template

  • March 17, 2023
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OK, I created a 5-page Fill-in Form Template in MS Word.  Then, using Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard, I created a Fill-in Form with all the Fields, Formatting, Validations, Tooltips, etc.  Naturally, after Adobe did it’s Form Creating Wizard, I had to correct, rename and even add many fields.  After I was ALMOST completely done, or so I thought, I noticed a small mistake in my original MS Word Template.

Somehow, in my mind, I'm imagining that the Adobe data is "on top" of the MS Word Template.  Is it possible for me to correct the minor mistake in the MS Word Template and have Adobe use IT rather than the first template.  Or, can I "copy" all of my Adobe work to the corrected template, or, heaven forbid, do I have to start from scratch and use the corrected template and recreate all the Fields, Formatting, Validations, Tooltips, etc?   For a beginner Adobe Acrobat user, I was very impressed with my accomplishments, then I noticed this.   PLEASE HELP ME !!!    THANK YOU

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    Correct answer Test Screen Name

    Sorry, didn't notice that. Very old version indeed. I *think* you may find Replace Pages on the Document menu.

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    March 17, 2023

    Yes, you can do this. 

    1. Make the new PDF (without form fields) from Word.

    2. BACKUP THE FORM, because this is easy to do wrong and lose everything!

    3. Open a new copy of the old form (with form fields) in Acrobat.

    4. Go to ORGANIZE PAGES
    5. Choose REPLACE pages (not insert) to replace the pages of the existing form with the new one you made in step 1.

    6. You should now have the new background with all the form fields on it.

    johnnyZ
    johnnyZAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 29, 2023

    Thank you for your response, but I'm sorry, I still don't understand.

    I don't see an option for ORGANIZE PAGES.  I have a FILE ORGANIZER choice?

    Is that the same thing?  I'm running Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard.

    I have the "old form" with all the fields created, and I have the "new form".

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    Legend
    March 29, 2023

    Sorry, didn't notice that. Very old version indeed. I *think* you may find Replace Pages on the Document menu.

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