To make the document easier for screen-reading software to read, select Document structure tags for accessibility. If you want to include document properties in the PDF, make sure Document properties is selected. Then, choose Headings or, if you added bookmarks to your document, Word Bookmarks. To create a set of bookmarks in the PDF file, select Create bookmarks using. Otherwise, make sure Document is selected. To include tracked changes in the PDF, under Publish what, select Document showing markup. To make a PDF file from only some of the pages in your document, choose an option under Page range. Select More Options > Options to customize your PDF. Select Browse to choose the location on your computer where you want to save the file. If the file is unsaved, select File > Save As. Otherwise, go to File -> Save As and save your finished form.If the file was previously saved, select File > Save a Copy. If you want to make additional changes, click 'Edit' to return to the form editor. When you think your form is ready, click the Preview button to see how it appears to someone who is filling it out.ġ1. You aren't deleting the line, merely the field that Acrobat set incorrectly.ġ0. If you see a form field you want to remove, click on it (it will highlight in blue) and press the Delete button on your keyboard. You'll probably have to edit a few of the fields manually, since Acrobat usually sets decorative lines incorrectly as fillable fields.ĩ. Acrobat will attempt to recognize all the fillable fields in your form. On the next screen, make sure 'Use the current document' is selected, then click Next.Ĩ. On the first screen, make sure 'Use an existing file' is selected, then click Next.ħ. Acrobat will ask you a couple of questions. To proceed, click the Tools button, then the Forms button, and then Create.Ħ. At this point you have a basic PDF document, but you still need to tell Acrobat to make it a fillable form. Your computer will create a PDF file, which will then open automatically in the Adobe Acrobat PDF editing program.ĥ. Select your desktop or Fileshare and click OK.Ĥ. Word will ask you where to save the PDF file you're creating.

Go to File -> Print, make sure 'Adobe PDF' is selected as your printer, and then click the Print button.ģ. Open the Word document that you want to make into a PDF form.Ģ.

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