Maria.

Ivew been sent a form in .pdf format over email... now i can open it, but when its open it wont actually let me write anything in it!

How can i do it?

Mike C

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http://zamzar.com/

convert it to a word file or whatever on there, edit it, and convert back.

Unless it's a really big file, that'll be the easiest way

Maria.

Oooooooooooooh cheers!

ill try that then!

Maria.

RAH!

ive done that, changed it to .doc and it still wont let me edit it!

Mike C

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Try .txt

I just tried one that way and it worked fine

Maria.

Poo.

ive done that... but its come out like im writing in notebook so ive lost all the lines...

Thanks for your help honey but sod it, ill have to get him to post it to me!!!

Mike C

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PDF's are a pain in the arse to edit. That's the only way I ever use. I know there are other ways, but they're more hassle than they're worth. Well to me anyway, maybe not to a proper PC boffin

Maria.

Cheers for your help anyway honey!

rog

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Sorry for the useless post, but.....




I have to try and do this all the time at work, i can never get it to work properly either.

Maria.

Daveyboy

you only have a freebie pdf reader. To edit pdf files you need the full product - $$$$

Maria.

oh i seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Mk1-stu

Why not just erm.. copy & paste it into word.. or did you try that already ? it should leave the set up the same so any grids or what have you should stay the same ?

*edit*
oh, if all else fails, you might be able to open it with adobe image-ready or photoshop

Maria.

I tried that

it sends it all skew wiff!!! it doesnt matter now, hes gonna post it to me!

cabrio zo

I can open and edit in Illustrator, but you'd have to send me all the details to fill it in!

You may just have to print it, write on it and scan it in/fax it back to them?

Z

Mk1-stu

can't you just print it and write on it ?

Mike C

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One would assume she doesn't have a printer if she's requested a hard copy to be posted.

Maria.

I dont have a printer

Maria.

Zoe - cheers for the offer babe, but dont worry! ill just wait til it comes in snail mail!

It's Czech Mate

Maria if you dont mind sending it to me i might be able to convert it to word.......

Let me know and i'll pm you my addy

Mk1-stu

Maria.. do you have Ms office by any chance.. ?

Maria.

Stu i dont know what i have!

Mondeo man that would be fab!

DanRSturbo

You ideally need adobe acrobat writer and then remove the protection (if amy) on it to edit it.

Stu @ M Developments

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The whole point of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is that it is not easily editable chaps.

It's Czech Mate

Done it and sent it



Without Adobe

I'll wait for Maria to tell you if its any good or not. It was password protected too so the adobe software wouldnt have helped

Maria.

No, i still cant edit it

It's Czech Mate

I can edit all the fields, like address, name etc. apart from the three at the top

Its the tickboxes you cant do as they arent proper fields, just a square on the page.

You could fill in what you can and tell him what to put in the tickboxes.....but you still need to sign it anyway.

The problem is the document was never designed to be filled in electronically. Thats as good as you'll get i'm afraid

Mk1-stu

d'ya want me to do it in photoshop ? or i could save it as a .bmp and you can edit it in paint

Maria.

Dont worry guys! Thank you all for your help, but ill just wait til it turns up in the post tomorrow!

Daveyboy

wouldnt say it was the whole point of it otherwise they wouldnt sell the full product with which you can do pretty much anything with the document.

Mike C

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Yes, but the purpose a PDF serves is that it's essentially a digital "print" of a document.

Like I would create a PDF of a .dwg file AutoCad drawing to send out, or a price list, which I wouldn't want to be tampered with, and so the recipient can easily print it off as I would have printed it off myself, without need for any editing or owt