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A very good reference to creating Acrobat Forms is called 'Creating Adobe Acrobat Forms' by Ted Padova Easy and clear with a good selection of examples. Peter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Sprague Sent: 29 March 2004 17:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] Sending Forms in Acrobat PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Exporting and importing form data You can export the form data to a separate file. Exporting form data lets you save the existing data, which you can then send via email or the Internet. You can save the form data as a tab-separated text file, Forms Data Format (FDF), or in XFDF (XML-based FDF files). The exported file will be considerably smaller than the original PDF file. A smaller file is preferable for archiving or sharing data electronically. You can also import data from the exported file into another form if that form has fields with the same names. You can also import file data from a text file. Each row in the text file must be tab delimited to create columns, as in a table. When a row of data is imported, each cell becomes the value of the form field that corresponds to the column name. To export form data to a file: 1. Open the Adobe PDF form and fill it out. 2. Choose Advanced > Forms > Export Forms Data. 3. Specify a location and filename, and then click Save. To import form data from a file: 1. Open the Adobe PDF form. 2. Choose Advanced > Forms > Import Forms Data. 3. Select a file, and click Select. Note: If you import form data from a form that does not match the form you are importing into, only the form fields that match are updated, and those that do not match are ignored. Existing text in text form fields is replaced if you import data to those fields. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] Sending Forms in Acrobat PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Hmmm. I never heard of a FDF but will do some searches and see what I can find out. Thanks for the tip. Brad "Rich Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] e.com> To Sent by: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> owner-pdf-basics@ cc lists.pdfzone.com Subject RE: [PDF-Basics] Sending Forms in 03/29/2004 09:56 Acrobat AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] pdfzone.com PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Users with Reader only cannot submit a complete PDF. They can, however, submit a FDF which when you receive it will populate the original form and you can save it. There are certain forms which have Reader Extensions enabled wherein a user can complete and save the form. This function costs several thousands of dollars per form, and is paid by the enterprise which created the form. The FDF might just work for you. Rich -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PDF-Basics] Sending Forms in Acrobat I am trying to create a simple form in Acrobat 6.0 Pro. It's a Quark 5.01 doc that I transformed into Acrobat, then added the text fields and finally added a submit button with my own email address as the return email. I have two problems encountered in a test. The recipient of my test has only Reader, as I assume 99% of my recipients will have. They won't have the full Acrobat program. 1. The recipient could type data in my form but got a warning message that stated they could not send or save the data without Acrobat 6.0. WHY?? I thought the beauty of Acrobat forms was that everyone could use them. 2. When I test the "email submit" button on my system it works great. It fires up a new email and attaches the form. The recipient gets a warning that states "cannot perform that function". Is this a problem because that person may not have the same email system? Lotus, Explorer, etc.? Or is it the same issue of not having Acrobat 6.0? My goal is to send a simple one-page form to computer-iliterate people. Have them fill it out and return it. I am looking for the simplist way. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Brad To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
