On Windows, just right-click your PDF and select Properties > Read-only > OK. On a Mac computer, the process is a little more complex. Select the PDF and click File > Get Info. You can then set access rights under the Sharing & Permissions tab.
Follow the steps below to "flatten" a completed PDF fillable form: Open fillable form. Add appropriate data. Right click on document and select Print. Select the PDF printer. ( ... Select OK. Specify location to save the printed, "flattened" version of the form. Select Save. File the "flattened" form in CM/ECF.
How to Flatten PDF Forms Open fillable form. Add appropriate data. Right click on document and select Print. Select the PDF printer. ( ... Select OK. Specify location to save the printed, "flattened" version of the form. Select Save. File the "flattened" form in CM/ECF.
How to Flatten PDF Forms Open fillable form. Add appropriate data. Right click on document and select Print. Select the PDF printer. ( ... Select OK. Specify location to save the printed, "flattened" version of the form. Select Save. File the "flattened" form in CM/ECF.
Under the 'Form' tab, you will find the 'Remove Fields' option. Click on it. A pop-up window will appear, showing all the fillable fields present in the document. You can select the fields you want to remove by checking the corresponding checkboxes.
Fillable PDF to Read-Only PDF Save copy of the PDF Open copy of the PDF Save As Optimized PDF Go to Discard Objects Check Flatten Form Fields box Click on Okay to save as a regular uneditable PDF
In order to convert a fillable PDF file into a non-fillable file, you must PRINT IT TO PDF. Please always PRINT fillable PDF files to PDF so that when you send them to Ms. Smith, they are no longer fillable. (Your PDF won't actually be printed; it will be saved as a regular, non-fillable PDF file.)
To prevent users from editing your form fields in a fillable PDF, you must "flatten" or lock the form before saving.
Make sure that the security settings allow form filling. (See File > Properties > Security.) Make sure that the PDF includes interactive, or fillable, form fields. Sometimes form creators forget to convert their PDFs to interactive forms, or they intentionally design a form you can only fill in by hand.
Filling Out Non-Interactive PDF Forms with PDFpen Select the Text tool. Place the cursor where you want to add text. Next, drag to create a text box. Type your response in the text box you just created. Your text will appear in PDFpen's default font and color. Repeat the steps above to complete the remaining document.