PDFs: overriding "You cannot save data typed into this form"?

Rashkae ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Tue Jul 28 18:57:17 UTC 2009


Adam Funk wrote:
> I find it very irritating when PDFs are configured so that acroread
> says "You cannot save data typed into this form." and tells you to
> print it out if you want an extra copy.  Does anyone know how to hack
> the PDF to override this, or can anyone recommend a tool that ignores
> that flag?
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam
> 
> 

Print to a pdf printer should do the trick nicely.  Of course, you would
 then loose the form elements, so the resulting pdf could not be edited
easily.




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