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1. 1 On July 18th, 2007, Forms Data Collection with Acrobat 8 Professional » I didn’t know Acrobat could do that! said:

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2. 2 On July 26th, 2007, Mark up Text Box Tool …How the heck do you change that font?? » I didn’t know Acrobat could do that! said:

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3. 3 On July 27th, 2007, Rosa Maria Garcia said:

   I totally love it!!!!!!!!
   I got stuck I need help into creating a formula into the form, it was in one of the seminars and I can’t find it, please help

4. 4 On July 30th, 2007, Douglas Short said:

   I need to see video on how to change the font color and style within the text box.

   Tim’s Reply—————————————————————————–

   In the body of the blog there is a link to a video page and the second video down is the one that will show you how to do that. Click Here to link to the video page

   And here is the direct link to the video

   Thanks for reading the blog
   Tim

5. 5 On August 16th, 2007, Daphne said:

   Hello Tim,
   very interesting article & video on forms & data gathering. Is the ability to gather data in this kind of format ONLY available in 8.0 Prof? I think you can make forms fillable in 7.0… and the form can be emailed… but the data won’t be gathered in CSV or XML formats?

   Lastly, is it possible populate forms with existing data, then send out to be updated only? eg. could I fill in the form fields with a line from an excel table, so the recipient could see what info already existed for that particular case, and update only what they think needs updating? This would be an extremely valuable feature.

   thanks,
   Daphne

   Tim’s Reply————————————————————
   Yes you can do pretty much the same workflow in Acrobat 7, and you can save off the files as CSV. But, you do not have the auto field recognition, that is new in 8. And yes these are more of Acrobat Pro features. I will post an entry on how to use existing data to fill in the form next. but yes it can be done.

   Thanks for your comments!
   Tim

6. 6 On September 4th, 2007, Daphne said:

   Excellent, thanks for answering my question Tim! I look forward (A LOT!) to finding out how I can populate the forms with existing data. I just found out right now that our company purchased licences for Prof.8
   Daphne

   –Tim’s Reply—————————————————-

   Thank you for the kind words and for getting Acrobat :-), I will cover that in the next week, want data do you want to populate the forms with? A database, xml scheme? Add another comment to let me know

   Tim

7. 7 On October 1st, 2007, Daphne said:

   Sorry, Tim, I missed your comment.
   Right now the data I’d want to populate the forms with would be from excel. I could save as CSV if that helps. I’m not yet familiar with using XML.
   Daphne

8. 8 On October 2nd, 2007, Barbara Tancredi said:

   Can you PLEASE send to my email the exact September 26th presentation on using Acrobat to collaborate and create forms that can be emailed and the data collected in Excel. I need asap. Thanks! B. Tancredi

9. 9 On December 22nd, 2007, Dan Hassinger said:

   Tim, I recently purchased Acrobat 8 Professional, my first Acrobat product. I am a full time law student and wasn’t sure when I would have time to learn how to use the software. What a relief to find your blog!

   I wanted to take the time to thank you for all of your hard work and for making it easy for first time users to obtain top-notch training from your blog and from your Podcast on ITUNES.

   Thanks again,

   Dan

10. 10 On December 23rd, 2007, Tim Huff said:

    Thanks Dan for the props! I will hope to keep getting good content out to keep you moving forward. Acrobat is a really great tool, with a lot of features that are a bit hard to find some times.

    Thanks
    Tim

11. 11 On February 20th, 2008, Cathy McWhirter said:

    Tim,

    Is there a limit to the number of forms you can collect and still be able to export the database to a csv file? I have about 200 or so forms collected, but when I try to export them I get a “cos document table full” message. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

    Thanks,
    Cathy

12. 12 On May 30th, 2008, Daphne said:

    Hello again Tim,
    I wrote last fall asking if there is a way of populating forms with existing data (eg excel, access, or csv data). I’ve been checking hopefully but can’t see that info. Did I miss it, or is there any way I can convince you to do a new tutorial on it? It would be SO useful. The grid tutorial you just posted will be very helpful too, thanks.
    thanks,
    Daphne

    # On August 16th, 2007, Daphne said:
    … Lastly, is it possible populate forms with existing data, then send out to be updated only? eg. could I fill in the form fields with a line from an excel table, so the recipient could see what info already existed for that particular case, and update only what they think needs updating? This would be an extremely valuable feature.

    thanks,
    Daphne

    Tim’s Reply————————————————————
    …I will post an entry on how to use existing data to fill in the form next. but yes it can be done.

    Thanks for your comments!
    Tim

    # 6 On September 4th, 2007, Daphne said:

    Excellent, thanks for answering my question Tim! I look forward (A LOT!) to finding out how I can populate the forms with existing data. I just found out right now that our company purchased licences for Prof.8
    Daphne

    –Tim’s Reply—————————————————-

    Thank you for the kind words and for getting Acrobat :-), I will cover that in the next week, want data do you want to populate the forms with? A database, xml scheme? Add another comment to let me know

    Tim

    # 7 On October 1st, 2007, Daphne said:

    Sorry, Tim, I missed your comment.
    Right now the data I’d want to populate the forms with would be from excel. I could save as CSV if that helps. I’m not yet familiar with using XML.
    Daphne

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