I created several forms for my company that have fillable FIELDS. These forms were placed on our intranet, which allows everyone in the company to access them. All employees have Adobe Reader, while I have Acrobat Pro as well.

While all employees are able to fill out the form online and save a local copy, they are not able to send that copy, partially filled out to another person, who might need to enter their own information. When the form is attached in an e-mail and then opened by the recipient, they receive this message:

"You cannot save a completed copy of this form on your computer. If you would like a copy for your records, please fill it in and print it. "

Additionally, a banner atop the PDF screen reads: "Please fill out the following form. You cannot save data typed into this form. Please print your completed form if you would like a copy for your records."

I need to be able to send forms AROUND to several people, so that multiple employees can view, edit, and send on a copy of a form, as well as save it locally.

Thank you,


Molly C.

Not sure I have the answer, but some thoughts. When you create the PDFS with Acrobat Pro, do you have any options regarding permissions (of users of the file) that might relate to this?

I have some fillable PDF tax forms on my laptop. As a test, I sent ONE of them, in which I had filled some blanks on my laptop to myself via email and opened it my desktop system. I was still able to fill in blanks. This was with Foxit Reader on both computers.

Do employees send these forms to persons outside of the organization or only to other employees WITHIN the organization? If the latter, why send via email within the organization if everyone can access the form on an internal server? Why not just have everyone work with the form on the server?