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November 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm #2245905
How to be able to fill in a PDF document?
Lockedby healer · about 13 years, 5 months ago
I have received a PDF document which I am supposed to fill in the spaces. However I can’t. I check the Document Properties -> Security. It has the following. I wonder what could be wrong.
Printing: Allowed
Document Assembly: Not Allowed
Content Copying allowed
Content Copying for Accessibility: Allowed
Page Extraction: Allowed
Commenting: Not Allowed
Filling of form fields: Allowed
Signing: Not Allowed
Creation of Template Pages: Not allowedTopic is locked -
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November 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm #2871182
Clarifications
by healer · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to How to be able to fill in a PDF document?
Clarifications
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November 1, 2010 at 9:25 pm #2871147
Filling in and printing, probably yes, but not saving
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to How to be able to fill in a PDF document?
Typically, you can fill out and print pdf forms. But with Adobe Reader, you always get a warning that you can’t save the form with the data.
In most cases, at least some kind of workaround is to install a pdf writer, which will “print to pdf”.
This will create a file you can save on your hdd. But afterwards you can’t change the contents of any field, since it won’t be a form anymore.I’m happy using PDF redirect, but at http://download.cnet.com/ you can find several programs that do the same thing.
Note, however, that some forms may not allow this kind of “printing”.
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November 3, 2010 at 6:29 pm #2851095
Commenting Allowed makes a difference?
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Filling in and printing, probably yes, but not saving
I have a document from another organization with the following security properties. Only difference is “Commenting: Allowed”. This document allows me to fill in the fields and save. I am using Adobe Reader all the time.
Printing: Allowed
Document Assembly: Not Allowed
Content Copying allowed
Content Copying for Accessibility: Allowed
Page Extraction: Allowed
Commenting: Allowed
Filling of form fields: Allowed
Signing: Not Allowed
Creation of Template Pages: Not allowed
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November 1, 2010 at 9:27 pm #2871146
Have you tried
by boxfiddler · about 13 years, 5 months ago
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the ‘Typewriter’ tool?
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November 1, 2010 at 10:27 pm #2871142
Oh, yes, of course.
by tobif · about 13 years, 5 months ago
In reply to Have you tried
You can’t fill in form in the reader if it is doesn’t contain any form controls.
I.e. if you have earlier have been using a form on paper, and now you merely save this document as pdf (or even worse, scan an image of the printed form) then there’s nothing to fill in the normal way.
In those cases, the typewriter feature in fresh versions of the reader should be able to help you out.-
November 3, 2010 at 6:44 pm #2851091
How can we enable
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Oh, yes, of course.
the typewriter option if the document doesn’t come with it?
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November 3, 2010 at 9:50 pm #2851077
Are you able to add the Typewriter toolbar
by boxfiddler · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to How can we enable
via Tools/Customize Toolbars? If not, you may be correct in surmising that the document wasn’t properly put together.
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November 4, 2010 at 6:19 pm #2861253
No, I can’t.
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Are you able to add the Typewriter toolbar
What a shame! I thank you for your help!
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November 4, 2010 at 6:32 pm #2861250
Have you tried this workaround
by tobif · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to No, I can’t.
If you’re allowed to print the pdf, you could try:
printing to a virtual pdf printer, like pdf redirect. (Sounds a bit weird, of course, but could help)If that doesn’t help, then an additional step could help: Print to the virtual xps printer. Then open the xps file (xps-viewer should open inside Internet Explorer), from here, “print” to pdf redirect (or similar). Now try again to activate the “typewriter”.
Good hunting!
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November 5, 2010 at 5:15 pm #2861094
Can’t find free PDF to XPS converter
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Have you tried this workaround
It didn’t help having printed the original PDF document to the “PDF reDirect v2”. Everthing was the same including the Document Security Properties. I couldn’t enable the “Typewriter Toolbar*” as it said “*Only available when document rights are enabled.”
I have not been able to find free PDF to XPS converter. Microsoft office has an XPS Document Writer but I can’t open a pdf document with Microsoft Office.
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November 5, 2010 at 5:32 pm #2861092
xps should occur as a virtual printer.
by tobif · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Have you tried this workaround
So you need to print from pdf, and select “Microsoft XPS document writer”.
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November 7, 2010 at 1:46 pm #2860969
I must’ve been blind.
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Have you tried this workaround
I found it but was no good. I did as you said but couldn’t enable the Typewriter. Thanks for your help!
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November 7, 2010 at 9:38 pm #2864851
Thanks for the feedback
by tobif · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Have you tried this workaround
Thanks, now I know.
So, at the end of the day, you’ll have to print on paper and make notes by hand. It’s a wonderful world. :-/
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November 3, 2010 at 6:36 pm #2851093
What is the ‘Typewriter’ tool?
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Have you tried
Where is it please? I can’t see it in the menu, nor the toolbar.
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November 3, 2010 at 6:42 pm #2851092
I’ve just compared
by healer · about 13 years, 4 months ago
In reply to Have you tried
the one that allows and the one that doesn’t. The one that allows actually has an option of Typrwriter under Tools whereas the other one doesn’t. So it looks like the document wasn’t preapared in a correct way that allows fields to be filled in.
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July 22, 2011 at 1:30 am #2900819
the only solution
by velveteen · about 12 years, 8 months ago
In reply to How to be able to fill in a PDF document?
Convert it to word format.
Try this pdf converter software.
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