Operation Manual

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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD
Forms
Last updated 10/11/2011
Collect data from Acrobat.com
If you are using Acrobat.com to automatically download and organize form data, the response file periodically checks
on Acrobat.com and downloads data for new submitted forms. To manually check for responses on Acrobat.com
1 Open the response file.
2 Click Update to check for new responses.
The response file can connect to Acrobat.com even it is moved to a different computer.
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.
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.
Compile form data
1 In Acrobat, choose Tools > Forms > More Form Options > Compile Returned Forms.
2 In the Compile Data dialog box, do one of the following to select a PDF response file:
• Click Browse, and then locate and select the response file.
• Type the path to the response file.
3 Click Add File, and navigate to the returned form.
4 Repeat the previous step as many times as necessary to add more returned forms.
After you click OK, the data from the selected forms is added to the response file. Each returned form appears as a
component file of a PDF Portfolio.
Add user data to an existing response file
1 In Acrobat, open the response file.
2 In the left navigation panel, click Add.
3 In the Add Returned Forms dialog box, click Add File. 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, open the response file and select the data to export.
2 In the left navigation panel, click Export.