Is it possible that your client is not running Acrobat Pro X as you've

indicated, but Adobe Reader X? What you describe is the behavior the free

Reader would exhibit. It's standard behavior is to not allow a user to save

a filled PDF file. And no, that does not defeat the purpose of a PDF form:

You can submit the form data e.g. to a server that would then process and

store that data.

However, there are ways to "reader enable" a form, which would allow the

client with just the free Reader to fill a form and locally save it.

Depending on your application, you can do that either with Acrobat Pro, or

a server based LiveCycle product. Before you get further involved, you need

a better understanding of the PDF forms eco system and what you can and

what you cannot do with PDF forms created with these different solutions

(both from a technical, but also a legal point of view).

Karl Heinz Kremer

PDF Acrobatics Without a Net

khk@khk.net

http://www.khkonsulting.com

Exactly, I'd buy it just to use for a few minutes, and it's a pretty expensive software, if it was a little bit less expensive I'd consider it.

Wish all my clients used Foxit, it allows to change and save, just adobe has that "no-save" function, no idea why, maybe just to piss me off.

Step 1

Click "Start," "All Programs" and click "Adobe Acrobat" to launch the program.

Step 2

Click "File," "Open" and click the fillable PDF form you want to make savable. Click "Open."

Step 3

Click the "Advanced" menu tab.

Step 4

Click "Extend Forms Fill-In & Save In Adobe Reader." This will enable your recipients to fill in your PDF form, type their digital signature and save their electronic responses.

I did this and it worked like a charm!!