A pop up window 'Done Signing' may appear, here click confirm. A menu will appear to the right of the document. To simply save an updated form do the following steps: In the toolbar click on Sign. For Adobe Reader 10 and earlier versions there is a more convoluted system of add-on services that includes a signing and uploading to Adobe's servers. Note for Adobe Reader: Version 11 allows to save forms as described above. When updating of the fields are complete, save the form using menu File - Save. The example PDF can be opened and edited with a standard PDF viewer. To test an example of a PDF form download and open the following PDF file.

The form makes it clear to the user what fields should be filled out and user editing does not risk breaking the layout of the form. This provides a simple practical method to publish forms that a user can fill out by the keyboard rather than on paper. Most standard PDF viewers can be used to edit the form. It is less known that PDF has an option which allow to create a form that can be edited and saved by the receiving user. PDF is normally used as a final publishing format for sending documents that are complete and the receiver only read.

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