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/t5/adobe-acrobat-online-discussions/download-save-or-print-your-form/td-p/4785812 Apr 22, 2014 Apr 22, 2014
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This article covers how to "Print" your filled Adobe Fill & Sign form as well as how to "Download" or "Save" the form as a PDF.
Save:
Fill & Sign "auto-saves" changes as you fill out your forms so you do not have to "save changes". Save could mean two things, saving changes you make as you fill out the form (auto-save), or saving the form as a PDF onto your computer or in the cloud so you can do something with it (email, share, submit etc). Since Fill & Sign changes are saved automatically, there is no need to "save changes". When you are finished filling out and signing the form and you want to "download" the form as a PDF follow the steps in the "Download" section below
Download:
First a quick explanation of the "file type" your form is stored as in the Document Cloud so when this FAQ talks about the form being converted to PDF it makes sense. Regardless of what type of file your form started as it is stored in the Document Cloud as a ".form" file and you can open that .form file and continue to add/edit fields anytime. When you are ready to do something with the form such as Send, Email, share etc the form and can be downloaded to your computer or saved back to the Document Cloud Files. When you "Download" or "Save" the form it is downloaded/saved as a PDF. The process is simple and regardless which method you use below the results are the same. There are a few places in the Document Cloud you can download the form from:
**Note that when "downloading" your form as a PDF in most web browsers the PDF is downloaded immediately with little to no feedback in some browsers (others have a confirmation dialog) so check your "Downloads" folder on your computer after trying to download a form.
Download while Viewing/Filling/Editing the form in Fill & Sign:
If you have the form open in Adobe Fill & Sign you can download a PDF version of the form to your Computer or back to the Document Cloud (where the .form file is stored) and it will appear on the Files tab as a PDF.
*Note that if the original form was in Creative Cloud the filled PDF would also be saved back to Creative Cloud if you followed the steps below.
Download to your Computer
To download to your Computer click on either:
Click the "Print" button:
The Print button downloads a PDF of the filled form immediately with no further user interaction, after clicking on Print check your "Downloads" folder on your computer for "filename_filled.pdf" (where "filename" is the name of your original form).
- A message will tell you that the filled form is being generated
- Once that message is not shown the PDF will be downloaded to your "Downloads" folder - the experience will be different depending on the web browser, often the file is downloaded with no further user interaction. After clicking on "Print" check your "Downloads" folder on your computer for "filename_filled.pdf" (where "filename" is the name of your original form).
Or click "Download as PDF"
- Next click "Download PDF to My Computer"
- The PDF of the filled form is created immediately and there is a message showing the progress:
- Once that message is not shown the PDF will be downloaded to your "Downloads" folder - the experience will be different depending on the web browser, often the file is downloaded with no further user interaction. After clicking on "Download PDF to My Computer" check your "Downloads" folder on your computer for "filename_filled.pdf" (where "filename" is the name of your original form).
Save PDF to Document Cloud
You can save a PDF version of the filled form back to the Document Cloud (or to Creative Cloud if the form was created from a file in Creative Cloud).
Click "Download as PDF"
- Next click "Save PDF to Document Cloud"
- A "Save to Document Cloud" dialog box is shown where you can specify the file name for the new PDF - the default name is "file name_filled.pdf" where "file name" is the name of your form. Click "Continue"
- A message will tell you that the filled form is being generated
- When the PDF has been created and saved to Document Cloud a confirmation message is shown with an OK button
- Now if you click on the "Files" tab you will see the PDF of the filled form
Download from the Fill & Sign tab in Document Cloud
You can download your form as a PDF from the "Fill & Sign" tab.
When you mouse over a thumbnail under "Recent Forms" a download icon is presented - click on the blue "Download" icon:
The PDF is downloaded created immediately and downloaded to your computers "Downloads" folder - there is very little feedback or user interaction depending on the web browser so many users do not realize the PDF was actually downloaded - check the "Downloads" folder on your computer for "filename_filled.pdf" where "filename" was the name of your form.
Download from the Files tab in the Document Cloud
You can download your form as a PDF from the "Files" tab.
Select the .form file of your form on the "Files" tab and click "Download":
- A message will inform you that the form will be converted to a PDF to be downloaded
- When you press "Continue" the PDF is created immediately and downloaded to your computers "Downloads" folder - there is very little feedback or user interaction depending on the web browser so many users do not realize the PDF was actually downloaded - check the "Downloads" folder on your computer for "filename_filled.pdf" where "filename" was the name of your form.
Print:
To "print" your form, download the form (downloaded as a PDF) and open in and print from the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Fill & Sign does not support printing the form from a Web Browser, if you try to print from the browser the results will not be usable. For the best results printing, print the download PDF form.
To print your form click the "Print" button is in the toolbar across the top of the form:
This will download the PDF - see the "Download" section for more details on the download process.
Use the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the PDF. Open the PDF in Adobe/Acrobat Reader and use the "Print" button in the toolbar or from the "File" menu.
*Steps to download the PDF from the browser will vary by web browser, there will be some indication of the file downloading, usually placed in a "Downloads" folder
