PDF forms: How to create them, how the users can fill in and how to collect and process the data entered by the users

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Part 3:
Forms

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Creating PDF forms
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Filling in forms
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Collecting and processing data

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Creating PDF
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Requires Acrobat Professional
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Use either the tools in Acrobat Professional or
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in the stand-alone program Adobe LiveCycle
Designer (part of the software package when
buying Acrobat Professional)
The two programs unfortunately are not fully
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The preliminary work can either support or
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oppose the end user
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Is is recommended to test thoroughly
Certain possibilities of automatic filling in

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Collecting and
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The forms tracker tool provides a useful overview
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Possibilities of exporting comma dilimited to fx
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Excel
Connecting to a database is possible - but usually
complicated