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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="forms-saving">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#forms"/>
+ <desc>Make sure you save the
+ form, otherwise all of the information you entered will be
+ lost.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Anna Philips</name>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+ </info>
+
+<title>Saving a form</title>
+
+<p>
+ After you have filled it out, you may wish to save your form in one of two ways:
+</p>
+
+<list type = "numbered">
+<item><p>
+ To save a copy that can be edited in the future (form remains interactive):
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p> Go to
+ <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq>
+ and
+ select <gui>Save As…</gui> or press
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>S</key></keyseq> on your keyboard.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Choose a name and folder to save the file in, then click <gui>Save</gui>.
+ The PDF will be saved in the folder you chose.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+</item>
+<item><p>
+ To save a copy that can no longer be edited (for example, to e-mail the form or submit it on-line):
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p> Go to
+ <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq>
+ and select <gui>Print</gui> or press
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>P</key></keyseq> on your keyboard.</p>
+ </item>
+
+
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Select <gui>Print to File</gui> and choose PDF as the
+ <gui>Output format</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Choose a name and folder to save the file in, then click <gui>Print</gui>.
+ The PDF will be saved in the folder you chose.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+</item>
+</list>
+
+<note style="bug">
+<p>
+ Copies of encrypted files can't be saved or printed.
+</p>
+</note>
+
+</page>