forms: does this software exist?

I'm looking for a way for several people to fill in and email the same form to each other -- each person adding different pieces of info. It needs to be cheap or free.

Acrobat Reader is useless because it won't print, save, submit, etc. Worst case, I'll just use Excel and live with it being ugly. But there must be some decent shareware solution, no? (I can't make it a web form because the others aren't used to looking at submitted data -- they need a simple wsywig form.)

 

You can create a form in Word. Also, can create it in html format. When creating with Acrobat, you have to specify if the person is allowed to save the form, then they can submit the filled in form back to the other person.

With Word, you have to protect the form (suggest a password that only the sender knows), so the user does not delete the fields.

 

I didn't have any security setting on in Acrobat's document properties. Is there somewhere else I'd allow them to save?

 

You will have to do a search on adobe.com in the forums to find an answer, or get a book on Adobe Acrobat in order to find the answer. I know you can set it to allow the information to be saved. There may be others here that are more familiar with Acrobat, and should be able to answer later on.

 

You can only make fillable forms in Acrobat Professional. Acrobat Standard allows for editing of documents not filling in. You can make macros in Excel that will give ppl choices to choose from but you have to know Excel pretty good.

I have done some searching on the net for a free program that would create fillable forms but had no luck.

I hope this is helpful

 

If you are using excel I assume there are numbers involved.
go to excel help type in work sheet form choose WEB: Wizard...when complete Choose data - protection and define each users section access then choose file - send to - routing recipient. Set up a link from the same form to a another work book and it will automatically update your data.