How do you edit a PDF?

[Luke T.]

I have a PDF which was sent to me which is in the form of a questionaire. Some of it is fill in the blank (name, address, etc.), and some of it is check-a-block (Male/Female, etc.)

It appears to be read only, I can't type in any of the blocks, but when I looked at its Properties, it was not marked as read only.

I can print it and fill it out by hand, but my penmanship sucks and I would rather fill it out on the computer.

Is it possible to do that?

[WanderingKnight]

To edit and/or create .pdf files, you need Adobe Acrobat.

Note that this is not the free program you can download, whish is Adobe Acrobat Reader

[Sundog]

Originally posted by Luke T.
I have a PDF which was sent to me which is in the form of a questionaire. Some of it is fill in the blank (name, address, etc.), and some of it is check-a-block (Male/Female, etc.)

It appears to be read only, I can't type in any of the blocks, but when I looked at its Properties, it was not marked as read only.

I can print it and fill it out by hand, but my penmanship sucks and I would rather fill it out on the computer.

Is it possible to do that?

I believe for that you need the full version of Acrobat.

[Luke T.]

Drat!

Thanks, guys.

Guess I'll fill it out by hand.

[dingler44]

It depends on how the .pdf document was authored. It is possible and increasingly common for .pdf documents to be created as "fill-in" forms. You need Acrobat Reader version 5 (free from Adobe's webpage) or later in order to exploit this feature.

[arcticpenguin]

Originally posted by dingler44
It depends on how the .pdf document was authored. It is possible and increasingly common for .pdf documents to be created as "fill-in" forms. You need Acrobat Reader version 5 (free from Adobe's webpage) or later in order to exploit this feature.
Yes, I've seen that on some tax forms.

[Rat]

Try GhostScript. It will read PostScript and pdf files, and may allow editing of some securish ones with a little tinkering. And it's free.

Cheers,
Rat.