


(Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended) Choose Advanced > Extend Features In Adobe Reader. If you are editing the form, click Close Form Editing in the upper-right corner of the form.

Open a single PDF, or preview a component PDF in a PDF Portfolio.

In Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended, these rights also include the ability to add comments, use the Typewriter tool, and digitally sign the PDF. However, you can extend rights to users of Reader 8 and later so they can do so. Ordinarily, Reader users can't save filled-in copies of forms that they complete. " You can save data typed into this form" - Enable Reader users to save form data (if appropriate) Make sure tabs are ordered in a convenient/ logical way.ĥ. Delete any unneeded fields such as signature field, add fields as needed.Ĥ. Choose 'Use the current form' and click on 'Next.'. Open the PDF in Acrobat and start the Form wizard under the Forms menu.Ģ. See step 5 so data can be saved directly into the form.ġ. I suggest you start with a Word document that you have as a template and save ('print') a copy of it as a PDF. These directions are for the Mac version of Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 9). In the bookmarks window you can drag these around if you like so that you can have an outline structure where the Chapter 1 bookmark might have sub-bookmarks as well.Using Adobe Acrobat (ver 9) to make a fillable PDFĪlternatives to Acrobat and Acrobat Reader for simple operations such as merging PDFs. (for this option skip past these two images below.Īlthough this is not automatic or document-wide, you simply highlight the text you would like to be the bookmark and hit the "New Bookmark" symbol (blue symbol in the image below). The time it will take depending on the size of your document though. If nothing appears, there is still one other option. First is "Create Bookmarks from structure." This only works if your document was exported with tags/styles and not simply "print to PDF." You can check this by clicking the bookmarks submenu and choosing "New Bookmarks from Structure," Then look to see if any structural elements appear (see second image below- Structure Elements). If you do not have access to the source document, you can still create bookmarks. MS Word and InDesign have automatic Table of Contents editors that key off of your styles. Most of the time you create your TOC in the source.
