FDF files

[troubleshooting]

How do we generate fdf files in Acrobat 10.1.16?

[gkaiseril · Accepted solution]

You can use the "Prepare Form => More => Export data" to create an FDF file with the field name and data values. It will also contain the address of the PDF from which the data was extracted.

[troubleshooting]

This sounds great but I can't find out where "Prepare Form".

Help,

Linda

[Bernd Alheit]

This is available in Acrobat DC.

[gkaiseril]

For Acrobat X the "More" will be in Form Tools.

You can also search Help for Export FDF

[troubleshooting]

Dear Bernd,

In my version of Acrobat Pro 6, Help doesn't recognize either "Export" or "FDF"

[doctoroop]

In Acrobat Pro DC,

1. open your form
2. menu: Tools >> Prepare Form >> Open
3. From the toolbar (right side) click More (hammer and spanner icon)
4. Select Export Data from drop down; .fdf will be the default

[troubleshooting]

I'm not working in Acrobat DC. I'm still with Acrobat Pro. When I had version CS5.5 I could make fdf files, now that I'm in version 6, I can't. I send out page proofs to authors, publishers, etc. and with fdf files, their changes easily attach to my main pdf file. Is there something similar in Acrobat Pro 6?

[gkaiseril]

Yes, look under "Advanced > Forms > Export Forms Data (Acrobat 6.0 Professional)"

Use Acrobat forms and form data on the web

  // add a toolbutton

   app.addToolButton({

      cExec: "this.importAnFDF();",

      cTooltext: "Import FDF",

      cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target != null);",

      nPos: 0

   });