[LM_NET] HIT: .pdf to be written on

[timosh <timosh@MCHSI.COM>]

Here are the responses for how to construct a .pdf with the 
ability to write in text.

THANKS (that's a big "thanks") to everyone that sent in 
suggestions and explanations, it was sincerely appreciated!

Tim O'Shaughnessy
Library / Media Center
Moline High School
Moline, IL.
toshaugh_AT_molineschools_DOT_org

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"Document rights" is part of the solution you're after. From 
the menu
bar, select Advanced > Enabled Usage Rights in Reader, then 
first
save this configuration of the document and proceed after to 
the next
steps.

Once you've enabled said rights. you'll then work primarily 
with the
Commenting & Markup menu.  Here is a product review page 
that
illustrates the pertinent menus you're after.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/review/22645.html

Also, Adobe maintains a comprehensive user forum which might 
be of
help, at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/index.html




PaperPort by ScanSoft will do this. You print the .pdf to 
PaperPort (after
installing PaperPort, it comes up as an option for 
printing). Then after it
appears in PaperPort, just drag the document to a applet in 
their toolbar
called FormTyper. It creates a field anywhere it sees a line 
in your form.
It's pretty accurate in that if it makes a mistake you can 
remove the field
or insert one manually. It made my life a lot easier as I 
started my
Master's program, filling out all the forms.





I have Acrobat Professional 6.0, so I think the things you 
need will be in the same place. You will making the document 
into a form.

When you open the document you want to go to the Tools Menu. 
Select Advanced Editing and then select forms.

Choose the text field tool, your cursor will turn into a 
plus sign which will allow you to place a text field in any 
area of your document that you want to have people type in.



When you need additional help choose advanced editing, 
creating forms.



I hope this helps.  Good Luck!





Sounds like a job for the "text field tool" in Acrobat Pro. 
To get
started-- choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Text Field Tool 
( or Show
Forms Toolbar). Create a form box by dragging the cross-hair 
pointer
over a graphic area in the organizer. You can then 
double-click the
box to set its properties -- font, text size, allow multiple 
lines of
text, and more.

Note: This approach will not allow Acrobat Reader users to 
save
filled-out PDF forms.





If you're on Macs, you can open the doc with
Preview (comes with the system), type into it,
and then save it as .pdf again, I think.

This sounds like exactly the same problem my
mom just had to go around, as she gets many
many professional submissions that must be
relayed out in results... but must edit out any
offending typos, etc. to protect the guilty. ;)

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