how to edit a pdf file in ADOBE READER 9 ?
like adding text in boxes and putting check marks ?
HunainHafeez 9 Posting Whiz
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Jump to PostYou don't. That's why it's called Adobe Reader. To edit PDF files you need something like Acrobat or LiveCycle, but note that those options aren't free like Reader.
Jump to PostYou don't have the right tool for the job to type it in, so you need to print it out and fill it in.
Jump to PostYeah, it doesn't look like the creator of the PDF developed it as a form. If it was, you would be able to fill it out even with adobe reader, then print it out the filled form.
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deceptikon 1,790 Code Sniper Team Colleague Featured Poster
You don't. That's why it's called Adobe Reader. To edit PDF files you need something like Acrobat or LiveCycle, but note that those options aren't free like Reader.
HunainHafeez 9 Posting Whiz
ok i change my question:
How to put text in PDF file ? like i have few boxes in form:
NAME: ____________________
CLASS:____________________
so want to put text in these boxes.
deceptikon 1,790 Code Sniper Team Colleague Featured Poster
Is the PDF form enabled? If they're just lines then you can't do anything, but if they're actual data fields in a form, you should be able to click into and type into them. Whether they're fields or not depends on how the designer of the PDF built it, you don't have any control.
HunainHafeez 9 Posting Whiz
deception: here the file is, This one:
http://www.nts.org.pk/_Ops_Sec/Test&Projects/Announces/DIT_Psh_30Nov2013/Application%20Form%20IT%20Excellence%20Center.pdf
deceptikon 1,790 Code Sniper Team Colleague Featured Poster
It's not a form, sorry. Your only option is to print it, fill it out, then scan it back in.
HunainHafeez 9 Posting Whiz
but it says, PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE IN WITH BLACK INK
so how ?
Dani 4,675 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
You don't have the right tool for the job to type it in, so you need to print it out and fill it in.
JorgeM 958 Problem Solver Team Colleague Featured Poster
Yeah, it doesn't look like the creator of the PDF developed it as a form. If it was, you would be able to fill it out even with adobe reader, then print it out the filled form.
HunainHafeez 9 Posting Whiz
Done, I used FOXIT reader to type in text via TEXT TOOL
alva114 0 Newbie Poster
nice post
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