PDFs: overriding "You cannot save data typed into this form"?

Adam Funk a24061 at ducksburg.com
Tue Jul 28 19:15:46 UTC 2009


On 2009-07-28, Rashkae wrote:

> Adam Funk wrote:
>> I find it very irritating when PDFs are configured so that acroread
>> says "You cannot save data typed into this form." and tells you to
>> print it out if you want an extra copy.  Does anyone know how to hack
>> the PDF to override this, or can anyone recommend a tool that ignores
>> that flag?

> Print to a pdf printer should do the trick nicely.  Of course, you would
>  then loose the form elements, so the resulting pdf could not be edited
> easily.

Good idea as far as saving an electronic copy is concerned.

The other thing I really want to do (and I should have made this
clear) is fill in part of the form, save it, and finish it later.





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