Operation Manual

270 Using PDF Forms
Collecting data from forms
Via hardcopy printout
This is a simple fill-in and print to hardcopy solution. This is great if your form
recipients are located together, perhaps in the same office.
If using Adobe® Reader®, any completed form data will be lost
when you close your completed PDF form. Exceptions exist when
using Standard or Professional software.
Within the PDF file
Alternatively, it is possible to store form data within the PDF Form itself by
using the Save or Save As... command. One condition of this is that the form
recipient must be using one of the following versions of Acrobat software:
• Adobe® Acrobat® 6.0 (or later) Standard or Professional.
• Adobe® Acrobat® 7.0 (or later) Elements.
Adobe® Reader® software (6.0 and above) is unable to save form
data within the form.
Using email
If you can save data within the PDF form then it's clear that you can email the
completed form to the form originator. With the completed form still open, use
File>E-mail to send the email to the intended recipient.
Via the web
Your PDF Form can be configured to be web ready by passing completed form
data to a CGI application on a web server. This would typically be a server-
sided web page designed to process the data and pass it to either a text file,
database or other storage location. As an example, new subscriber details,
collected via a PDF Form, can be sent automatically to a previously configured
"subscribers" database.