On 8/24/07, Jon Schewe wrote: > Ok, here's a challenge. I've got an OpenOffice form that I use for > maintenance requests for my townhouse. I fill in the form fields and > save the document in OpenOffice format and when I open it everything is > ok. Now I want to save it as a PDF so that people without OpenOffice > can open it (ie. the management company). Whenever I do export to PDF I > get the blank form, rather than the filled in form. Does anyone know > how to do this? The toolbar button bypasses the options dialog (see the OO.org help under "PDF Export" for more). You can use "File"->"Export as PDF" to get an options dialog after you choose the output file. There's a checkbox for "Create PDF Form" in the "General" tab which, when disabled, should spit out the contents of the form instead of trying to make a form which can be filled out by users (which seems to be acroread-specific). sm