How to lock form fields after filling the form

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January 6, 2017
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how do I save changes to a fillable form after the form fields have been filled? I dont want it to be editable again. I am working with Adobe Acrobat Standard DC

Correct answer Tariq Ahmad

Hi dinaw6371955,

You can sign a document and choose option lock the document after signing it. https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-lock-form-fields-using-a-digital-signature

Let us know if that helps.

-Tariq Dar.

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Tariq Ahmad

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Hi dinaw6371955,

You can sign a document and choose option lock the document after signing it. https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-lock-form-fields-using-a-digital-signature

Let us know if that helps.

-Tariq Dar.

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Michael27167458tjm4

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Can this be used to partially lock a form? can you have a multi staged form with different fillable boxes tied to different form fill fields?

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georgie190501

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Hi!

I found a way to lock specific forms to make them uneditable to others without doing the above challenging things. Hopefully, this makes sense so users in 2024 and onwards don't continue to have this trouble with the updated Adobe PDF.

Go to the 'Prepare Form' menu tool

> Create your desired form and then *right click* the field you want to lock

> Select the 'properties' option and go to the 'General' tab (the 1st one)

> Once there look at the 'common properties' greyed-out field

> Select 'read-only' and it locks the information so no one can edit the information.

If you need to change the locked information do the same thing but unselect the 'read-only' option edit the information and then repeat the above process.

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