filling out *.pdf forms electronically?

[gar598]

Is this possible? or do I need to print it. I just want to fill out the form and then print it out.

 

[cavdraco]

good question id like to know too
bump for ya

Cav

 

[ROTC1983]

Yup, me too...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: gar598
Is this possible? or do I need to print it. I just want to fill out the form and then print it out.

Do you have the reader only, or the full version of AA?

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Originally posted by: gar598
Is this possible? or do I need to print it. I just want to fill out the form and then print it out.

Thats how the university here does it. Fill them out online and print them. Is that all you needed to know or am I missing something?

 

[Viper GTS]

If the file was created with text boxes, then you will be able to do it with the reader.

If it was not, you will need the full version of Acrobat to create the text boxes.

Viper GTS

 

[BMdoobieW]

You need the full version of AA to be able to fill in a form and save the changes. Some PDF's can be filled in with only the reader but you can't save the changes. You must print immediatly.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

PHOTOSHOP.

 

[gar598]

wow - is it really that complex

they also have the form in a .doc - but for some reason when I make the textboxes they aren't transparent to the background. any ideas?

thought pdf would be easier maybe not...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
PHOTOSHOP.

heck.. mspaint can do it.. do a print screen and paste it in paint..

 

[johnjbruin]

if you have the reader only, you can fill out the form, and then print it but i dont think you can save it.

if you have the full version, then i think you can save the filled out forms also.

If the form is missing the text boxes in which you can directly type, then you need the full version to create boxes using the form tool and then you will be able to fill it out properly.

If you want to go ghetto style then do photoshop/paint etc.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n
PHOTOSHOP.

heck.. mspaint can do it.. do a print screen and paste it in paint..

You can open the .PDF in Photoshop and just insert text wherever you please.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: BMdoobieW
You need the full version of AA to be able to fill in a form and save the changes. Some PDF's can be filled in with only the reader but you can't save the changes. You must print immediatly.

That's right. You can't save them or Email them....you have to print them out. The fields that you can type in are setup when the PDF is created.

 

[ucdnam]

It's probably easier for you to use the Word version. Make your text boxes, select the text box properties, make sure there's no fill color and no border color (or border color=background color).