Thanks, Rick. You've saved me a lot of time trying different things. This project doesn't warrant spending that much of my own money (I buy all my own software) and I don't think my client would want me to spend time to re-create the forms in Frame, so this won't work for me for this project, at least.
I was hoping there was way to do this using all Adobe tools. You can insert a LiveCycle Designer "object" (File>Import>Object) into a Frame file. Has anyone tried that? Jenny On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Hi Jenny, > > When you import the PDF files into FrameMaker, they will be treated as > static graphics with no interactivity. The only way I know of to do this is > to create your forms in FrameMaker. Then you add Hypertext markers using > MicroType's TimeSavers with Forms Assistant; you add special codes to these > markers, and when you create the PDF, these will create the appropriate form > fields on the fly. There are main things to consider: > > 1) You have to design your forms in FrameMaker using objects like tables, > text frames, etc. Certain forms can be difficult to create in FrameMaker. > > 2) You have to have TimeSavers and Forms Assistant installed when you > distill the file (http://www.microtype.com). > > The advantages are that you can single source your forms and other content > using FrameMaker. And you can change the look and feel of your form and > redistill, and not have to recreate your form fields. > > I recently did a couple of forms like this and was pretty happy with the > results. It was especially worthwhile when I had to make changes to the look > of the form. I resized the table containing my form items, added a couple of > extra columns, and when I created the new PDF, my form fields were in the > right place at the right size. Very slick. > > Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very > much. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing Inc. > 585-659-8267 > rick at frameexpert.com > > *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Greenleaf > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 1:50 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Can you put a fillable PDF in a Frame document? > > Helpful beings, > > I am documenting a product that requires some planning before implementing. > I developed some nifty forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer. I am making the > forms available as a separate package on the documentation CD as well as the > company support site. Customers can fill in the forms and save them with the > data. > > I have copies of the forms in an appendix to my manual. I have been just > importing the PDFs, like graphics, which leaves them static, i.e., the > customers cannot fill them out online. It would be nice for the customers to > be able to fill the forms out in the manual and save them with data without > having to use the separate forms package. > > There seem to be several ways to import PDFs, but I haven't stumbled across > the right combination yet to create forms that can be filled out in Acrobat > Reader. > > I know I can splice the separate PDFs in later, but I'd like to have them > generated when I print the book to PDF. I also know that I have to enable > form filling in the final PDF. > > Is that possible? Has anyone done this? Tips or tricks much appreciated! > > Jenny > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as rick at rickquatro.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rick%40rickquatro.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >