While filling a PDF form with Adobe Reader, a warning message keeps saying that you cannot save completed PDF form with Adobe Reader? Or after filling out a form, you cannot save it on computer to email to someone? Disappointed? How to cope with this problem? In this article, I will discuss how to fill out PDF form and save it.

Part 1. The Tool You Need
Part 2. How to Save PDF Forms

Part 1The PDF Form Editor You Need

Wondershare PDFelement comes with features to fill out, sign, create and even edit PDF forms. With it, you'll be able to fill out PDF forms and save them on your computer without any problem. In addition, it also has many other powerful features:

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Insert, delete, and modify text, images and pages in a PDF;
Turn image-based scanned PDF into searchable and editable file;
Convert PDF to Microsft Office, Epub, Text and more;
Remark PDF with markup tools, highlight and comment boxes;
Encrypt PDF document with password and permission.

Part 2 How to Solve the Issues of Adobe Reader Can't Save PDF Forms

Below are the detail steps for how to fill out and save PDF form with Wondershare PDFelement. If you have a Mac computer, please download Wondershare PDFelement for Mac.

Step 1. Fill out Interactive PDF Forms

After installing PDFelement on your computer, launch it right away. And then open a PDF form with it by clicking the "Open" button. For interactive form, you will’ see a "Highlight Fields" button appearing on the top information bar. Then all the interactive fields will be highlighted for you to enter info. Feel free to fill in blanks.

Step 2. Fill in Non-Interactive PDF Form

To enter text to a blank area where there is no interactive field, you need go to the "Edit" tab and choose "Edit Text" button. Then draw a text box and type in text.

Note: If you still need to create your own PDF form with this tool, read how to create a PDF form .

Step 3. Save Filled PDF Forms

To save a PDF form, hold down "Control" and "S" on your keyboard. Or go to the "File menu, select "Save As".

This is how to fill PDF forms and save it without Adobe Reader. Since Adobe Reader doesn't allow you to save filled PDF forms, you should find other options. Otherwise, every time, you have to print the form after you complete it, scan it and send it. What a tedious job.