How to type information in a .pdf file

[compguy786]

Hey guys,
i have a application that i have in .pdf format, i want to type in all the info in the document. What the best way i can type in all the data ?
thanks

 

[compguy786]

????

 

[mechBgon]

Unless the form was made to be typed in, you normally don't. If you want to be crafty, one possibility would be to take a screenshot of the PDF file, make the image into a watermark (background image) in Microsoft Word or another word processor, then type on top of the image of the PDF file. Kludgy, but whatever.

 

[GrumpyMan]

You can use PDF Editor. But it costs money. Cute PDF Pro will also do it, but again they cost.

 

[Arcex]

If you have Adobe Acrobat, and the file used to be a Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint, etc) you can do some basic text editing.

Open the PDF file, from thw toolbar at the top click TOOLS, then ADVANCED EDITING, then TOUCHUP TEXT TOOL, then click in the document in the area where you want to make the edits then do what you need to do.

If the PDF file is a SCANNED document, you are out of luck.

 

[moulin1]

Adobe Acrobat

Tools|Advanced Editing|Forms|Text Field Tool
Draw and size your box the switch to Select Text tool and type away.

If you don't have a pdf editing tool, you can go graphic. My example would be MS Paint, make a text box and type, save the file as gif. Then open in MS Photo editor, make the GIF transparent and paste over a graphic of the pdf. Naturally you need a few graphics programs too. But the are free.

 

[JackBurton]

What they said.