Jamz3k

Going to apply for yet another fasincating job but I'm a bit stumped with the application form. Its a PDF and they have asked me to fill it in and email it back...eerrr but it won't allow me to write or save to it? How do I do this?

Jamz3k

Maybe I'm being dumb but I've only got Adobe Acrobat Reader on my computer, do I need something else?

Jamie

Just use office save and send Gary glitter joke should come up soon

Luminous

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Perhaps they expect you to print it, write on it, then scan it back in to email it.

Other than that the only program that I know of that can edit pdfs is Adobe Illustrator. That seems a bit heavy weight for filling in an application form.

mystery_machine

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Would have thought to edit you need the full acrobat version? or you could try one of the free pdf editors that can be found using Google

antdye2008

just google PDF to word convertor mate, there is loads of free ones on there

Jamz3k

what a load of old tosh just to fill in a form!

bigsinky

yes you need acrobat pro. costly, but plenty of free editors out there.

davyboy

Maybe this is part of the process, and you've failed already.

bigsinky

you are such a lazy pikey ******. what job is it for anyway. caravan upholsterer, lurcher trainer?

hodgy0_2

print - fill in and send back

Jaybird-UK

badly built PDF by them... they could have built it with user input boxes etc

bioforger

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lol spot on! its part of the interview process to ween out the hopeless

Jamz3k

Events co-ordinator for the Black and Tans.

bigsinky

^^^^^^^^^^ hahahahahahahahahahaha suppose so coming up to the 12th

Jamz3k

Just to wind this back to reality, tried using a few of the free pdf converters and they didn't really work well. Printed off and filled in will have to do!

My fingers and toes are quite literally very much crossed.

chris84

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Firstly uninstall Adobe Reader and install Foxit Reader 5 which is also free and has more features relevant to your problem. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/reader/

PDFs come in two formats usually. Interactive or Non-interactive. Application forms will normally be interactive with text boxes, this is known as a XFA form architecture. If it has these text boxes you should be able to select them, type your text then save the PDF. If instead it has lines for you to write your text on then it is a non-interactive pdf which normally would require you to print it off, fill it in then scan it in again.

Foxit Reader has a feature called 'Typewriter'. Install Foxit Reader then open your PDF. Try selecting a text box in case it is interactive. If it doesn't allow you to do that select the 'Typewriter' text box option by going to 'Comments' > 'Typewriter' > 'Textbox', choose the area where you want to type (where the lines or space is), type your text and save the document.

The first time you use the 'Typewriter' function it will ask you to download an addon for spell checking. DO IT, especially if it's an application form

Hope that helps. Also remember that if they sent you the PDF in an email you need to save it somewhere before you start editing. When you open attachments it stores them in a temporary location which will make finding the completed PDF more difficult and sometimes it prevents you from editing due to the location.

bigsinky

^^^^^someone has done this before

chris84

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Yes I think I've given this solution before but I'm at work and bored so no issue repeating myself

Jamz3k

Thanks Chris, I'll give that a whirl, least I have the hand written version as a backup just incase.

Cheers again matey!

mgcvk

If you have photoshop you should be able to open it in that and use the type tool to write in the spaces, save pages as jpegs and reform a pdf in acrobat but bit of a hassle.

urban

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Daag walker?

windyboy

all 6 on each hand / foot ?

only kidding mate,good luck with the job, if it weren't for bad luck you'd have none at all

windyboy

ALi-B

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Foxit is very good.....much less bloaty than acrobat (and less annoying eith updates and forcing you to have yahoo/google foolbar ), just DO NOT install the 'ASK' toolbar (uncheck the boxes)

Also openoffice allows PDF editing via a downloadable plug-in (but never tried it)