Forms

[Zoei]

I have filled out a form/document.
I want to send the document to someone else, but I do not want them to view it as a form where they can edit the fields that I can edit.
Is there a format that I save it in before I send it?

[try67]

If you have Acrobat you can flatten the file.

[Zoei]

This will hide the form fields created when I used "Prepare a Form"?

[try67]

Yes. You can do it using this code:

this.flattenPages();

Note this is NOT reversible, though, so maybe save the file under a  new name, just in case you want to make changes to it later on.

[Thom Parker]

A common solution to this issue is to Print to PDF. This works if you only have Adobe Reader.

Printing a PDF to PDF is generally considered a bad practice, but it works.