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Export and Import the AcroForm Data

This document describes how to export and import a document with AcroForm data.

Export

To export a PDF document with interactive forms to supported formats (FDF, XFDF, XML or TXT).

  • Click the Export button on the PDF Viewer's toolbar (if you use a Ribbon toolbar, you can find this button in the Interactive Form tab).

    ExportAcroForms

    The Save As dialog appears.

    ExportAcroForm_SaveAs

    In this dialog you specify a file name, and the format in which the document should be exported (FDF, XFDF, XML or TXT). To save a document, click Save, as shown above.

Import

To import a document that contains interactive forms from FDF, XFDF, XML or TXT:

  • Click the Import button on the PDF toolbar (in the Ribbon toolbar you can find this button in the Interactive Form tab).

    ImportAcroFormData

  • This invokes the Open dialog box, where you can choose a file with interactive forms (e.g., in the FDF format) to import data. To perform import, click Open.

    OpenAcroFormData

  • The imported document is shown below.

    ImportedAcroForm

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