I need to create a form that can have data entered only once
Problem
I need to create a form (which I already have done) that I can send to our academic adviser. She needs to be able to open the form, complete it for each student with whom she meets, do a "save as" using the student's last name and save it to a folder on her desktop. That is done and was easy. Now - she wants to be able to send this form to the student as an email attachment but does not want the student to be able to make changes to the form. Can't figure out how to make this happen. Help would be most appreciated!
Solution
Flatten the form so that the fields are "burned" into the PDF document and are no longer editable fields.
Detailed explanation
Save a copy of the file adding the word "_flat" to the file name or something to indicate that it's not the form anymore. Note - Form fields are destroyed when you flatten the file.
Pop open the Acrobat JavaScript window. (Ctrl-J for Windows or Command-J for Mac)
Click on the little trash can in the bottom right just to clear what's there.
type in ort copy the text from the line below
this.flattenPages();
Highlight the text that you just typed in and press the "Enter" key on the numeric keypad.
Poof! - no more fields.
Save the file and send.
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