Word – Converting Word forms to PDF (fill in) forms

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I've got Acrobat Pro 8 and Word 2003.

I've got a form in Word creating using form fields. What I want to do is convert this document to a "fill in" PDF form automatically. In other words, replacing Word's form fields with Acrobat's form fields.

I can't seem to find any way to do this using Acrobat's integration with Word. Anybody know of a way?

Best Answer

If you have Acrobat Pro installed, you probably have the bundled Adobe LiveCycle 8 installed, as well. (Found in Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Designer 8.0\FormDesigner.exe)

There is an option when creating a new form: Import a Word Document

I haven't tried it because it's apparently incompatible with Word 2007 but I think it was designed for 97-2003.

Give that a try and let us know if it works!

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