Remove form fields

On this page

If the output PDF file contains form fields, you can flatten them to reduce the file size.

To remove form fields, set the setRemoveFormFields() property to true in PdfOptimizationOptions.

The following code snippet shows how to flatten form fields in the file:

try (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("sample.docx")) {
    PdfViewOptions viewOptions = new PdfViewOptions();
    viewOptions.setPdfOptimizationOptions(new PdfOptimizationOptions());
    viewOptions.getPdfOptimizationOptions().setRemoveFormFields(true);
     
    viewer.view(viewOptions);
}

The following image demonstrates the result:

Remove fields

On this page