We have more details about flattening form fields in our user guide.įlattening a PDF can not be undone so if you plan on continuing to work with the form fields, make sure to keep the original form and save the flattened form as a new document (using File -> Save As). You can flatten form fields by going to Forms -> Flatten all fields.
When flattened, fields will be painted directly in the content of the page to which they belong and will no longer be interactive and editable. Select Save As from the options on the left sidebar (if you’re on older versions of Excel, select Save As from the File.
In our example, we will select the range A1:F18. Refer to our user guide for more information about options available under the Document Security dialog.įlattening form fields will flatten all fields in the form. To save a selected range of cells to PDF, here are the steps that you need to follow: Select the range of cells that you want to save in the PDF file. Reopen the document and try to create/edit the form, a message will be displayed indicating that the document’s permissions do not allow you to edit forms. Select OK to confirm and Save the documentĥ. Check “Password to Change Permissions” checkbox and set the permission password.Ĥ. Un-check “Allow Filling Form Fields & Signing”.Ĥ. Click Edit button to open the “Change Document Security” dialogģ. Go to File -> Document Properties and select Security tab.Ģ. Method 1: Use Document Security and Set Permissions on the PDF Formġ. Q: Is there a way to make an interactive PDF form non-editable and make sure that fields data on the form can not be changed?Ī: You can make a PDF form non-editable by either using Document Permissions (Method 1 below) or by flattening the form fields (Method 2 below).
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