How to save .pdf with data entered?

[JEDI]

any free programs?
my google has failed me. all I get is how to save .pdf files, but not of data entered.


thx

 

[corkyg]

Acrobat Reader will save the PDF, data and all. And, there are other freebie readers - they all do it.

 

[akugami]

I think some PDF's are write protected though...that might be an issue

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I think some PDF's are write protected though...that might be an issue

This.

You have to enable saving form field data in Acrobat Pro.

 

[sm625]

One year for my taxes I had to download acrobat pro and use the free trial to finish a tax form. That is one option. But the following year I figured out a much easier way: Just take a screenshot of the pdf then edit the form in mspaint. Then you can print it back to a pdf. It sounds like a wierd way to do it but at least I dont have to worry about stupid buggy pdf editors or downloading another massive copy of acrobat pro and going through the hassle of getting another free trial account.

 

[sweenish]

If it's write protected, you could print to pdf. A bit of a one way street, but it works.

If you're looking to save a form in progress, the above method obviously doesn't work all that great.

 

[Dahak]

Well if you need to keep the data in the form, you could try to print to a pdf, there is a number of programs that could do it for example pdfcreator or cutepdf

I have not tried myself but cant hurt to try, or there may be a pdf printer already installed on the machine

 

[lxskllr]

Work with it as an image in something like Gimp, then export it as a pdf when finished.

 

[code65536]

Problem with working with a PDF in an image editor is that you're going from vector to raster. Ick.

You can't print a protected PDF to another PDF--Acrobat is smart enough to recognize that attempt end-run protections and won't allow it.

But you can print to Microsoft's competing XPS format and then print that back to a PDF.

 

[alexruiz]

PDF x-change

 

[sonitravel09]

You can comlete your form and then print that form to a PDF file.
The PDF file will save the form and the inputs just as you typed them.