When you have pdf pages combined into a single document and change form fill content, how do you stop it from changing the fields in other pages?

[nicolek57931947]

I work on .pdf documents all the time that have form fill fields like this document http://www.acuitybrandslighting.com/library/ll/documents/specsheets/edg-edgr.pdf

I fill the form in and then combine several different files in "organize pages", if I make any changes to the form fill fields it changes it on every like document. How do I stop it from doing that? I sometimes need to use the same sheet in the same combined doucment with different options on it.

[George_Johnson · Accepted solution]

After you combine the forms into a single PDF, do you need to be able to change the field values or access the field data? If not, you can flatten each form before combining them into a single PDF.

[nicolek57931947]

No, once they are combined into the single document I wouldn't need to change anything. How do I "flatten" the form?

[George_Johnson]

You can use the following free JavaScript-based utility: UVSAR : Selective Flattener tool for Adobe Acrobat 8, 9 and X

It ultimately uses the doc.flattenPages JavaScript method to flatten the form fields. More information is in the Acrobat JavaScript reference.