Comments on: Can’t Save PDF Form in Acrobat Reader

By: Komchai

Komchai — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:10:37 +0000

Thanks for your tip! i just found this problem,

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:44:45 +0000

Yes, it should work without a printer. It’s not really printing to a printer, just to another PDF file.

By: Camille

Camille — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:00:20 +0000

Peter, will this work if I don’t actually have a printer hooked up?

By: John

John — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:37:27 +0000

While foxit may do all it says, you should be aware that this is a Chinese software company. Personally I wouldn’t let it near any sensitive files – who knows what it might send to where!?

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:01:14 +0000

@ManFromUncle: Good suggestion. Thanks for sharing your solution. I’ll have to give it a try as well.

By: ManFromUncle

ManFromUncle — Thu, 12 May 2011 21:59:17 +0000

Yes, it is hard to comprehend that someone would create a pdf form you can enter the data into but not save the date you typed. Stupid.

Having ranted about that, I downloaded Foxit and it immediately allowed me to save my entered data. It took me less time to download, install and begin using Foxit than it did to Google it and find it.

Simple fix to problem.

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:42:15 +0000

@Maureen: That’s funny they thought it was corrupted. Glad the tip was helpful.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:12:12 +0000

Thanks for this great and simple tip! I just tried it. I found this page by Googling “pdf form save data typed.” BTW I gently asked the people who had created the PDF form I was using if maybe they could re-do it to allow users to save data in it. They replied that this was the first time they’d heard of such a “problem” and that my file must be “corrupted.” Nice people, but rly! :-)

By: Peter Ridge

Peter Ridge — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:01:13 +0000

@Kristin: Acrobat 9 Standard can create PDF forms where the user can fill in and save the data to the PDF to send back to you. The steps to enable saving are detailed in this Adobe Acrobat Help article: Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard: Enable Reader users to save form data.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:24:07 +0000

@PeterRidge: Do you know how to create a fill in form in pdf where the recipient can save and email back to you? I have Acrobat 9 Standard. I can create forms, but they won’t let anyone fill in and save. Doesn’t seem very beneficial unless that feature is enabled..thanks in advance for your help.

Kristin