

This is a common form feature requested in the forums.

So far, I've only talked about using the save feature in the context of automating workflows, but what if you want to put a save button on a form? Placing a custom save button on a form As explained below, this restriction was mostly removed in version XI, making Reader a much more useful tool in Document Workflows. Saving in Reader is a little different since this functionality was traditionally off limits, except for specially "Enabled" documents. In fact, this is a feature that has been around for a long time, so everything discussed here is valid for old versions of Acrobat as well as Acrobat XI. Being able to save a file to disk is a critical activity for Acrobat workflow automation, and fortunately, there are a couple ways to do this from an Acrobat script. This article presents scripts for not only saving a PDF file to disk, but also for saving the PDF to different formats, such as an image file, MS Word, text and even HTML.
