forms in Word 2007

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I have a .tif image I would like to make into an editable form. As with
previous versions of Word I can place the image into the header of the
document (still trying to figure out where everything is on the ribbon) and
then place form fields in the appropriate places, but is there a way to save
the results as a .pdf file with editable form fields? I have already
downloaded and installed the .pdf addon from the MS Office site.
 
To my knowledge, creating PDF files like this requires Adobe Acrobat (and not
a cheap/free "PDF Maker" utility). I believe newer versions of Acrobat are
capable of it, but I'm not sure. This seems to me to be a question for Adobe
Acrobat, not Word.
 
Acrobat Pro v8 will allow you to turn a .pdf file into a form that anyone
with Adobe Reader v7 or higher can fill out, save, email, etc.

The caveat is that Adobe is not supporting Office 2007 or Vista at this
point. Some people have no issues, others do. A free patch is expected later
this year.
 
I'm amazed (no I'm not, it is Adobe!): I thought that Vista/Office2007 was
the raison d'être for Acrobat v8.

Terry Farrell
 
Anne Troy said:
To my knowledge, creating PDF files like this requires Adobe Acrobat (and
not
a cheap/free "PDF Maker" utility). I believe newer versions of Acrobat are
capable of it, but I'm not sure. This seems to me to be a question for
Adobe
Acrobat, not Word.
Click to expand...

I am referring to the "Save as pdf or xps" option that appears within Office
2007.
 
The built in function is merely a rudimentary PDF document creation tool. If
you want interactive PDF formats, you will have to go for the full version
of Acrobat 8, when it becomes compatible with 2007. Check Adobe's site for
update information.

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