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Notes on exporting data from multiple forms:
 For efficient export, all forms should have the same set of field names.
 Multi-page forms can be processed.
 One PDF file per form is recommended, but a single PDF containing a set of assembled forms is also
acceptable, providing the form field sets are identical.
 If there are field differences between forms, all non-identical field names generate columns in the output table.
 All fields in the resulting table have a generic cell type that accepts any input – use your spreadsheet program
to set other cell types (e.g. date, currency, numbers only)
Field Names:
When a form is exported, the field names will be the headings displayed in the output file. If the field names are not
defined in the PDF file, the user may need to modify these names in the Excel file.
To avoid renaming the headings in the output file, specify the correct field names in the PDF file after creating a fill-
able form.
To edit field names:
1. Open a PDF file that has form fields detected.
2. Display the Form Control panel.
3. Select the form field to edit by double-clicking a form control from the left panel, or by right-clicking the actual
form field and selecting “Properties”.
4. In the Text Field Properties dialog, adjust the “’Field Name” to the proper description of the form field.
5. Click “Close” to apply the name change.
6. Now when extracting form data, the form fields will show the correct field names as the headings.