Distributing-Forms

**Distributing Forms**
Once you have created your forms, you have several options for distributing your form:
 * Host your form on Acrobat.com and send a secure link to your form that only your recipients can access
 * Send the form as an email attachment using Acrobat or your email application. You can manually collect responses in your email inbox.
 * Send the form using a network folder or a Windows server running Microsoft SharePoint Services. You can automatically collect responses on the internal server.

[|Distributing Forms Using Acrobat.com]

To Distribute Forms: 1. Choose Forms. 2. Choose Distribute Form. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions as needed and save the form. 4. If you are planning to use your own server location. specify your network folder or a Windows server running SharePoint. 5. In the Distribute Form Wizard, select an option for distributing the form. 6. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions for distributing the form. Note * - If you don't know the email addresses of your recipients, enter your own email address. The system sends you a link to the form, which you can email to recipients as desired.

[|Choosing a Distribution Option]

Acrobat will automatically create a submit button in the message bar of a distributed form which allows users to submit the form electronically to you. However, if you don't plan to use that button, you can create your own and with specific options for your district. To create your own Submit Button: 1. Using the button tool, create a button and set the properties you wish for it. 2. In the Options tab, choose an option in the Layout menu for the button label, icon image, or both. You can either type a label for the button or choose an icon for the button (i.e. print, save, etc.) 3. In the actions tab, choose Submit a Form on the Select Action menu, then click Add. 4. In the Enter a URL for this Link Box, either type the server location for data collection, or if you want to collect form data as attachments to email, type mailto: followed by the email address 5. Select options for Export Format, Field Selection, and Date Options. 6. Click OK.
 * Adding a Submit Button**

FDF - returns input without the underlying PDF file HTML - returns the form in html language XFDF - returns the user input as an XML file PDF - returns the entire PDF with user input Field Selection - specifies what fields are returned Date Options - standardizes the format for dates that the user enters
 * Submit Form Selections Options**

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 * PDF Forms on the Web**

PDF forms can be useful for submitting and collecting information over the web. This is done by providing several button actions that perform functions similar to some HTML scripting macros. You must have a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) application on the web server to collect and route the data to a database. Any existing CGI application that collects data from forms (in HTML, FDF, or XML format) can be used. Before you make your forms web-ready, make sure that your form-field names match those set in the CGI application.

[|**Adding Submit Functionality**] [|Adding an Import Data Button]**
 * [|Adding a Reset Form Button]