Smart pdf's are nice, but most people wouldn't know what to do when their browser would not load them. A conversion to regular pdf, ditching the forms and functions is desirable.
Can that be done ? How ?
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You can install a 'PDF printer'. That is a virtual printer. Printing to it asks you for a filename and the result ends up in a PDF file.
Printing to such a PDF printer strips all field functionality.
The one I personally use is pdfcreator, but there are many similar programs.
Warning: Should you test the one I linked to, make sure you untick the 'helpful software' bar. Do not just [next][next][next][Finish].
In Acrobat Pro ree save the PDF as an optimised PDF and check 'flatten form fields' under the 'Discard Objects' menu. Also explained here
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