Restricting editing rights for the receiving party is a great way to protect the integrity of the document, as well as yourself. Similarly, when sending out a contract to be signed, you want to make sure that none of the content was altered then sent back to you without your knowledge. Moving forward, an NDA is not a document that would often have its content changed. It makes sense to turn it into a fillable form. That one paragraph alone has seven parts that need to be filled out. On the left pane of the Options menu, select “Customize Ribbon.” Word doesn’t display this on the ribbon by default, so let’s go ahead and fix that.Īt the very bottom of the menu, select “Options.”

First, you need to get into the “Developer” tab. Once you have your document pulled up, it’s time to add some controls and protection to it. In this example, we’ll be using an NDA that we grabbed from the above link. Microsoft provides a few basic templates, but there are also a lot of websites that provide detailed, comprehensive legal templates online for free, drawn up by actual attorneys. Here’s how.įirst, grab the legal document you want to work with. It only takes a few steps to achieve this in Word.

You want to give the receiving individual the ability the fill in the blanks in the document, but you also want to ensure that none of the information in the NDA is altered or changed in any way. Let’s say, for example, that you have a non-disclosure agreement that you want to send out to an employee that will be joining your company. Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on Your Document Fillable, Not Editable If you need further assistance, contact Acrobat Technical Support. If the problem doesn't occur with the file from another application, troubleshoot the specific behavior using the documents listed in Related Content. If the problem occurs with the file from another application, reinstall Acrobat Distiller. Then try to create a PDF file with Acrobat Distiller. If you can't create a PDF file from the new document, use a file from another application.Proceed to Troubleshoot Acrobat PDFMaker.

If you can create a PDF file from the new document, the problem could be related to PDFMaker.

Then try to create a PDF file from that document using the Adobe PDF printer and the Acrobat Distiller application:

If the file doesn't indicate why Acrobat Distiller couldn't create the PDF file, create a Word document that contains only a few words.

For example, if the file lists a PostScript error, troubleshoot the error according to the recommendations in Troubleshoot PostScript Errors.

If the file indicates why Acrobat Distiller couldn't create the PDF file, use the search text box on Acrobat Help and Support to search for related documents.

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