Help needed with PDF form-filling...

July1962

I'm new to PDF and have been emailed a PDF form which needs to be filled in and returned by email asap!
(There was no Word version of the form available).

I have to fill in name / address / phone number etc but can't seem to click in the line to fill anything in
I also have to select a tick box - but nothing happens when I click on it (other than a little hand grabbing at it).

I tried google but just keep coming up with sites which tell me how to create a form (not how to fill in a ready-made form).

I have Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat Professional 8.0 on my pc.

nikki_angel

I was under the impression that PDFs were not editable and that was why they are used. How about printing, filling in and scanning back to them?

July1962

Thank you nikki_angel, I hadn't thought of that!

nikki_angel

You're very welcome

Trinitrotoluene

nikki_angel wrote: »

I was under the impression that PDFs were not editable and that was why they are used. How about printing, filling in and scanning back to them?

This is not true - you can send out PDFs that can be used as forms. I think the problem here is the OPs adobe reader is three main versions out of date.

Update your adobe reader op

Owain_Moneysaver

What I have had to do in the past is:

Get the PDF on screen, full screen view
Print-screen
Open word
Paste the printscreen image onto the page
Crop and zoom it so only the page is visble and it fits onto the full page in word
Format the image to be behind text

Overtype the image with the text you want to fill in.

The form itself may be a bit grainy but what you type will be clear.

July1962

Trinitrotoluene wrote: »

This is not true - you can send out PDFs that can be used as forms. I think the problem here is the OPs adobe reader is three main versions out of date.

Update your adobe reader op

Is there a free/safe site where I can download the latest version?
Do I uninstall 7.0 first?

Trinitrotoluene

This is the official site:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://get.adobe.com/reader/&sa=U&ei=lKWgTI3hB8LNjAfyzdEy&ved=0CBcQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNEWpNzGZIqLpm2iXrdNR5cAdVnaJw

nikki_angel

Thanks for correcting me Always happy to be as it means I learn more.

alanclarke

Download and install the Free PDF XChange Viewer www.docu-track.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

Open the PDF document and use the "Typewriter Tool" to fill in form

spud17

+1 for Free PCF XChange viewer.

Also, unlike Foxit, it doesn't try to fool you into installing toolbars, and is more than just a reader.