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Last updated 4/7/2015
• To view the original form, click Open Original Form.
• To send the form to more recipients, click Add Recipients.
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Distribute (send) forms to recipients
Collecting and managing PDF form data
When you distribute a form, Acrobat DC automatically creates a PDF Portfolio for collecting the data submitted by
users. By default, this file is saved in the same folder as the original form and is named filename_responses.
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Collect user data
1 After a user submits a form, open the returned form.
2 In the Add Completed Form To Responses File dialog box, select one of the following:
Add To An Existing Responses File Compiles the data in the response file that was created when you used the
Distribute form wizard to send out the form. (If necessary, click Browse and locate the response file.)
Create A New Responses File Creates a new response file, using the name and location you specify.
3 The response file opens after you click OK. Each returned form added to the response file appears as a component
file of a PDF Portfolio.
Add user data to an existing response file
1 Open the response file in Acrobat DC.
2 In the left navigation panel, click Add.
3 In the Add Returned Forms dialog box, click Add File, and then locate and select the returned forms, and click
Open.
4 Repeat the previous step to add any returned forms in other folders. When finished, click OK.
When you finish, each added PDF form appears as a component file of the PDF Portfolio.
Export user data from a response file
Use this process to save all the entries in a PDF Portfolio response file to a spreadsheet or XML file.
1 In Acrobat DC, open the response file and select the data to export.
2 In the left navigation panel, click Export, and then choose Export Selected.
3 In the Select Folder To Save File dialog box, specify a name, location, and file format (CSV or XML) for the form
data, and click Save.