Adobe reader 8 . type into forms ?

Am i doing something silly .. ive downloaded a document

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/i...ons/ofw306.pdf

which on the page prop's says form fields filling allowed ... but
cannot access the fields to type into .click the mouse over them and
nothing happens .. is there something on reader i have to set up ?

just using the std adobe 8 free download , win xp pro fully upto
date .

tnx

G ..

You have to print the form & send it to this address:

Amateur Radio Licensing
Ofcom Contact Centre
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA

Acrobat Reader is just that, a reader. The writer you would be able to type
in

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On Feb 24, 11:57 pm, "Newbie Coder" <newbieco...@spammeplease.com>
wrote:
> You have to print the form & send it to this address:
>
> Amateur Radio Licensing
> Ofcom Contact Centre
> Riverside House
> 2a Southwark Bridge Road
> London SE1 9HA
>
> Acrobat Reader is just that, a reader. The writer you would be able to type
> in
>
> --
> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)

Ok tnx for that, i thought you just could not save a document but had
some usefull functions like form filling ?

G ..

Graham,

No, orry you don't have that feature unfortunately

Have fun

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"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Adobe reader 8 . type into forms ?

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Adobe reader 8 . type into forms ?

No way Ray. It's a reader only.

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ok tnx for that, i thought you just could not save a document but had
>some usefull functions like form filling ?

You need the PRO version of Acrobat, which is one of TWO versions, the
other being the "Standard" version.

Neither is cheap.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) (Uncle Grumpy) wrote:

> *From:* Uncle Grumpy <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
> "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Adobe reader 8 . type into forms ?
>
> No way Ray. It's a reader only.
>
Adobe Reader 8 (and earlier Reader versions back to at least v5, which is
the earliest I have here) is perfectly capable of allowing you to type
into fields on PDF forms and print the result. *However* the PDF file has
to have form fields on it in the first place. - The OFCOM form mentioned
above doesn't!

Regards
John ((E-Mail Removed)) Remove the obvious to reply...

On Feb 25, 9:16 am, j...@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) wrote:
> In article <p9l1u2547tqg7fpdffsvs8mbs864kq1...@4ax.com>,
>
> unclegru...@ameritech.net (Uncle Grumpy) wrote:
> > *From:* Uncle Grumpy <unclegru...@ameritech.net>
>
> > "Graham" <g...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >Adobe reader 8 . type into forms ?
>
> > No way Ray. It's a reader only.
>
> Adobe Reader 8 (and earlier Reader versions back to at least v5, which is
> the earliest I have here) is perfectly capable of allowing you to type
> into fields on PDF forms and print the result. *However* the PDF file has
> to have form fields on it in the first place. - The OFCOM form mentioned
> above doesn't!
>
> Regards
> John (j...@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk) Remove the obvious to reply...


Ok John

Thanks very much for that reply, I thought you could type but not
save ... seems that even as the document says you can in the
'props' ... the document is not formatted correctly in the first
place ?

tnx - G ..

Graham wrote:
> Adobe reader 8 . type into forms ?
>
> Am i doing something silly .. ive downloaded a document
>
> http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/i...ons/ofw306.pdf
>
> which on the page prop's says form fields filling allowed ... but
> cannot access the fields to type into .click the mouse over them and
> nothing happens .. is there something on reader i have to set up ?
>
> just using the std adobe 8 free download , win xp pro fully upto
> date .
>
> tnx
>
> G ..
>


Only if the document is question was specifically designed to be a
"fillable" PDF form could one do as you suggest, using a compatible
version of Adobe's Acrobat Reader. The form at the link you provided is
*not* of the "fillable" variety.


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