Create a form, Edit a form, Distribute a form – Adobe Acrobat 8 3D User Manual

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ADOBE ACROBAT 3D VERSION 8

User Guide

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Save and email the form (if enabled by the form creator).

•

Print and mail the form.

2

To return a noninteractive form, do one of the following:

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If you filled in the form with the Typewriter tool, print and mail the form.

•

Print the form, fill it in by hand, and mail it.

See also

“Fill in and clear a form” on page 201

Create a form

The Create New Form wizard guides you through creating a PDF form from a template (Windows only), an
electronic document, spreadsheet data, or a scanned paper document.

1

Click Forms

on the toolbar, and choose Create New Form.

2

Select the source for the PDF form, and click Continue.

3

Follow the on-screen instructions.

Forms created with the wizard are LiveCycle Designer forms. To create an Acrobat form instead, choose Forms >
Run Form Field Recognition.

See also

“Creating new forms” on page 212

Edit a form

Depending upon how a PDF form was created, you can edit it in either Acrobat or LiveCycle Designer (Windows
only).

Note: (Windows) PDF forms created in Acrobat can be edited in LiveCycle Designer, but those created or edited in
LiveCycle Designer cannot be edited in Acrobat.

1

Open a PDF form.

2

Choose Forms > Edit Form In Designer or Edit Form In Acrobat.

3

Add or modify form fields and field properties as desired.

See also

“Create form fields in Acrobat” on page 214

Distribute a form

After you create a PDF form, you can distribute it by using the Distribute Form wizard.

Note: To use the wizard, the form must contain a submit button.

1

Open the desired form.

2

Click the Forms button

on the Tasks toolbar, and choose Distribute Form.

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