Is there any ADOBE ACROBAT expert in here?

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SanJose239

Hi,

I asked the Acrobat user group, but no one knows the answer to this. I figure
someone in the Excel group could help. Here it goes:

I have Acrobat 4.0. I have a form already printed on legal-size paper. I
scanned this form into a PDF file. The scanned form looks something like
this:

Name: _______________

Phone: _______________

What do I need to do to be able to open this same PDF file all the time, click
on the line where it says "Name:", and be able to manually type in text there,
and
then, click on the line where it says "Phone:", and manually type in text at
that location.

Right now, the PDF file I just scanned in is read-only. I cannot type anything
in where the lines are.

Thanks in advance.
 
You cannot do that, the pdf file is a picture. You could convert it into a
word file
though.
Scan it again and try to use the software that came with the scanner (OCR)
and
make it into a word document. I have done that with documents using both
AbbyFineReader Pro and Paperport Pro 9.0
 
Hi!

You might look at using VBA and textboxes.

I have used a system for filling in forms whereby I scan the form, us
it as a picture and draw VBA labels where the form needs filling in
Data entry happens elsewhere. Printout carries the picture and th
label text.

I guess this could be reversed: put a textbox in each space which call
for data and collect the results in a little database behind th
scenes?

Al
 
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