Adobe Acrobat Enable Save in Fillable Form

Created by Chris Sandu, Modified on Tue, 18 Feb, 2025 at 8:34 AM by Chris Sandu

MIS Department Policy & Procedure

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Saving Fillable Forms in Adobe Acrobat Reader

If a fillable form has been created in Adobe Acrobat and people are complaining that they can't save the information and email it, here are the instructions to enable those features when the user is using the Free Reader:

Acrobat 7: Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader

Acrobat 8: Not sure but something similar to 7 or 9

Acrobat 9: Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Reader

Acrobat 10: File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features

Acrobat 11: Pro: File > Save As Other > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools