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• Choose a data set file from the menu.
• Type the path to the data set file.
Click Add File, and navigate to the returned form.
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Repeat the previous step as many times as necessary to add more returned forms.
After you click OK, the data from the selected forms is added to the data set. Each returned form appears as a
component file of a PDF package.
Add records to an existing data set
In Acrobat, open the data set PDF file.
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In the data set navigation bar (between the toolbar area and the document pane), click Import Data.
In the Add Returned Forms dialog box, click Add File. Then locate and select the returned form data files, and
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click Open.
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Repeat the previous step to add any returned forms in other folders. When finished, click OK.
When you finish, each added data file appears as a component file of the data set PDF package.
Export records from a PDF data set
Use this process to save all the entries in a data set PDF package to a spreadsheet or XML file.
In Acrobat, open the data set PDF file.
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In the data set navigation bar (between the toolbar area and the document pane), click Export Data.
In the Select Folder To Save File dialog box, specify a name, location, and file format (CSV or XML) for the form
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data, and click Save.
Manage form data files
You can move the answers on a PDF form to and from other file formats that preserve all the data in much less space
than a full PDF.
Import form data
In some workflow scenarios, individuals submit filled-in forms as data-only files rather than as complete PDF files.
These files are not PDFs, but use another file format, such as FDF or XML. You can view the data submitted by an
individual recipient in the context of the PDF by opening the original file and importing the information in the data
file.
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In Acrobat, open the PDF form into which you want to import data.
Choose Forms > Clear Form.
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Note: When you import data from another file into a PDF form, the imported data replaces any information that
appeared previously in the individual form fields. However, if the imported data file contains one or more blank form
fields, importing will not clear the original data.
Choose Forms > Manage Form Data > Import Data.
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In the Select File Containing Form Data dialog box, select a format in File Of Type (FDF, XFDF, XML, XDP, XFT,
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TXT, or All Files) corresponding to the data file you want to import. Then locate and select that file, and click Select.
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