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April 27, 2019
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Fillable PDF forms - Sending & making non-editable

  • April 27, 2019
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Hi there!

I have someone who I created fillable PDFs for. She wants to take them, have her engineers fill them out, and save them to be sent to her clients later on. The PDFs will be filled on iPads via the Adobe Acrobat Reader app.

My question: is there a way to make these PDFs non-editable after the engineer fills them out so that clients can't alter the information later?

Thanks!

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Sandee Cohen​ maxwyss​ try67​ Thank you all again for the help. Here is the solution I've come up with:

- Engineer enables "Share a Flattened Copy" option in Preferences on Adobe Reader iOS app (How to share a flattened copy of a PDF document)

- Engineer fills out PDF on iPad using Adobe Reader app and Shares via email

That way, the PDF becomes flattened (fillable fields removed) and the client cannot edit the information on their end.

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April 29, 2019

Sandee Cohen​ maxwyss​ try67​ Thank you all again for the help. Here is the solution I've come up with:

- Engineer enables "Share a Flattened Copy" option in Preferences on Adobe Reader iOS app (How to share a flattened copy of a PDF document)

- Engineer fills out PDF on iPad using Adobe Reader app and Shares via email

That way, the PDF becomes flattened (fillable fields removed) and the client cannot edit the information on their end.

    try67
    try67
    Braniac
    April 29, 2019

    Anyone with Acrobat would be able to edit this file.

    Sandee Cohen
    Sandee Cohen
    Braniac
    April 28, 2019

    I'm probably making this more complicated than I should, but this is what I would do.

    Add those form fields to the document. Then add a form field button set to export PDF data. (I can show you how to do this later, if you need it.)

    Set the button to export to

    "mailto:your_name@domain.com"

    Make the button obvious with a label.

    Then save the document as Reader Extended.

    What will happen is the engineers can fill out the PDF, but they will only be able to send you the form data. I don't know how to keep them from sending the data more than once, though.

      try67
      try67
      Braniac
      April 28, 2019

      You can set the Submit button to hide itself once the data has been submitted, to prevent it from being used more than once.

      Sandee Cohen
      Sandee Cohen
      Braniac
      April 28, 2019

      But the button will reappear if they close and then reopen the document

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