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Creating a static PDF form
Contents
Creating PDF document .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
From Microsoft Word ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
From Microsoft Word using Adobe Acrobat ....................................................................................................................... 3
How to detect fields by Adobe Acrobat .................................................................................................................................. 3
Import PDF into SharePoint in order to create a Static PDF form .......................................................................................... 5
Uploading a background in PDF Share Forms designer .......................................................................................................... 6
Creating PDF document
From Microsoft Word
Open a Word Document → Navigate to File → Save As → Choose destination folder →
set File Name → Save as type: PDF
New PDF document is created
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From Microsoft Word using Adobe Acrobat
Right Click on a Microsoft Word document → Convert to Adobe PDF
User is prompted to choose a location to save a file
How to detect fields by Adobe Acrobat
Open a PDF document with Adobe Acrobat → click Tools tab → Forms → Edit
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User is prompted with the following message (only if a document does not contain any fields):
Click Yes → Fields will be automatically detected.
NOTE: usually this message appears only if a document contains some indicators for fields, like lines or boxes etc.
Other option how to autodetect fields:
Open Tools tab → Forms → click Create
User is prompted with the following message:
Click Next
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Click Continue
Save a new form – fields are detected.
Import PDF into SharePoint in order to create a Static PDF form
Navigate to SharePoint site.
Step 1. Open PDF Share Form Templates
Step 2. Click Import Template
Step 3. Click Browse and upload a PDF form or a PDF document
Step 4. User is navigated to Share Forms designer where he or she can continue adding fields and map existing fields
(or add fields from scratch)
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Uploading a background in PDF Share Forms designer
Open Page Design tab → click Upload PDF background
NOTE: If a template has 5 pages → the PDF that is used as a background also has to be 5 pages long; Otherwise:
If the background file has less than 5 pages, one for example – then only one page will be updated with this
background;
If the background has more than 5 pages – then extra background pages will be added as additional pages in the
template;
NOTE2: The template and the background file should have the same layout orientation (landscape/portrait).
NOTE3: A file that is used as a background should NOT have spaces in the name