# Flatten Forms

> Flatten form fields into static text with ServerTextControl: selected fields or field types, during a merge with Replace, before signing and in the browser.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > PDF Processing > PDF Forms > Flatten Forms
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [What Flattening Does](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#what-flattening-does)
- [Flatten Some Fields and Keep Others](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#flatten-some-fields-and-keep-others)
- [Flatten All Fields of One Type](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#flatten-all-fields-of-one-type)
- [Flatten During a Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#flatten-during-a-merge)
- [Flatten, Then Sign](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#flatten-then-sign)
- [Flatten in the Browser](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#flatten-in-the-browser)
- [Forms That Arrive as PDF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#forms-that-arrive-as-pdf)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/forms/flatten/#next-steps)

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- **Next:** [Attachments](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/pdf/attachments/llms.txt)