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Old 24-09-2008, 2:13 PM   #1
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Writing in a PDF form

I've just downloaded a banking form in PDF format and there are four pages of details to fill out on this one and another two on the next - any way I can open it up so as to fill out the information on the computer and then print it out?
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Old 24-09-2008, 2:15 PM   #2
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Re: Writing in a PDF form

You can open them in Microsfot Word well im sure you could in the 2003 versioin 2007 needs a add-on tho.
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Old 24-09-2008, 2:17 PM   #3
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Re: Writing in a PDF form

Yeah you need to convert PDF to whatever you want to use to edit it, then use that to edit/print, or then save as a PDF.

Unless you go for a PDF editing app, there are some out there, not sure there are free/good ones though.
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Old 24-09-2008, 3:26 PM   #4
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Re: Writing in a PDF form

cutepdf is a pretty good pdf freebie on the net
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Old 24-09-2008, 4:09 PM   #5
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Re: Writing in a PDF form

another cute vote
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Old 24-09-2008, 9:45 PM   #6
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Re: Writing in a PDF form

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I've just downloaded a banking form in PDF format and there are four pages of details to fill out on this one and another two on the next - any way I can open it up so as to fill out the information on the computer and then print it out?
Pretty obvious but have you just tried clicking on the fields you want to fill in? In my experience normally if a company gives you a PDF form to complete digitally it has data entry enabled.
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Old 24-09-2008, 10:09 PM   #7
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Re: Writing in a PDF form

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Pretty obvious but have you just tried clicking on the fields you want to fill in? In my experience normally if a company gives you a PDF form to complete digitally it has data entry enabled.
Was just going to say the same, can't you simply click in the fields, Adobe has supported internal active fields for some time now.
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