How to Create an Fdf Data File

Create an Fdf Data File in Adobe Reader

• 1). Click "Start" and then "All Programs" and select "Adobe Reader."
  
  
• 2). Click "File" and then "Open" to select the pdf file and then click the "Open" button to view the pdf file.
  
  
• 3). Click "Document" on the menu bar and select "Security Settings" to open the "Security Settings" dialogue box.
  
  
• 4). Click "Directory Servers" on the left; a menu bar with an "Export" option appears on the upper right frame.
  
  
• 5). Click "Export" and the "Data Exchange File--Exporting Directory Settings" dialogue box is displayed.
  
  
• 6). Make sure the radio button "Save the Exported Data to a File" is clicked to ensure that you are creating an "Acrobat Fdf Data Exchange."
  
  
• 7). Click "Next" to fill out the "Identity" section containing the "Name," "Title," "Organization Name," "Organization Unit" and "Email Address." Click "Next" again after all of this information is filled in.
  
  
• 8). Click "Next," because "Sign Data Exchange File" is necessary only if the data are shared.
  
  
• 9). Click "Browse" to select a path and name for the exported data.
  
  
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  Click "Next" to review the options you have chosen and click "Finish." The fdf data file is created.
  
  

Create an Fdf Data File in Adobe Acrobat

• 1). Click "Start" and then "All Programs" and select "Adobe Acrobat 6.0" or any higher version of Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• 2). Click the "Open" icon on the menu bar, select an Adobe pdf document and then click the "Open" button to view the document.
  
  
• 3). Click "Advanced," "Forms" and then select "Export Forms Data"; the "Export Forms Data Save As" dialogue box is displayed.
  
  
• 4). Make sure the "Save As Type" has "Acrobat Fdf Files (*.fdf)" selected from the drop-down menu and provide a "File Name" if needed.
  
  
• 5). Click the "Save" button and you have created an fdf data file.