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Flatten a PDF

Flattening merges interactive elements into the page itself. A completed form becomes a fixed record of what was submitted, which is what you want once the answers are final.

How to Flatten a PDF

  1. Upload the PDF.
  2. Flatten it.
  3. Download the fixed document.

When you would use this

  • Locking a completed application form before filing it.
  • Making sure annotations print on every device.
  • Preventing further changes to a signed-off document.

Questions

Can flattening be undone?

No. Keep the interactive original if you may need it again.

Why do my annotations not print?

Comments are often set not to print. Flattening merges them into the page so they always appear.

Does it reduce file size?

Sometimes, by discarding form logic, though that is not its purpose.

Need this at scale?

These tools handle one document at a time. When the job is thousands of files, Greenbooks handles document digitization as a managed service, including bulk scanning, OCR and metadata capture, with the output loaded into DocuVenta DMS. Talk to us about volume work.

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