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Anonymous
April 24, 2016
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make possible for others to fill in your form

  • April 24, 2016
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Hello,

I spend a lot of time creating (with Acrobat DC) a form for people to fill in, but now when i am emailing it to them they are not able to fill in anything. They just get an standard PDF file.

What do I do wrong? Do I have to do anything to make it possible for others to fill in the form before saving the file?
Do the recipients need a newer (or paid) version of Adobe Acrobat? They don't have to sign the form, just put in information.

Please help me!

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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April 24, 2016

If they have Reader XI or higher (or any version of Adobe Acrobat, of course) then they don't need anything special to be able to fill in the form, save it, submit it, etc.

If they have an earlier version of Reader they could still fill it in but only submit it. To be able to save it you need to apply the Extended Reader Rights to it first using Acrobat.

If they use any other application, including PDF plugins in browsers, all bets are off.

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Anonymous
April 25, 2016

Thanks for your answer

Do I have to do anything to make the form able to fill in? Save it in a different way or anything?

try67
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try67Community Expert
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April 25, 2016

Well, you have to add form fields to it first, of course.

To make it saveable in earlier versions of Reader you need to save it in Acrobat via File - Save As Other - Reader Extended PDF - Enable More Tools.

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