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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2016 15:35:27 GMT
Help!
I have a very important form to fill in asap. It downloads as a PDF but when I click on boxes so I can fill them in nothing happens. It is driving me demented. What do I have to click on so I can fill in the form. Opening it in Open Office turns the form into gibberish or when I click on it directly it opens in Microsoft Edge but I can't figure out how to fill it in!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2016 16:53:38 GMT
You print it out then fill it in with a pen.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2016 16:57:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2016 18:17:37 GMT
You print it out then fill it in with a pen. Please tell me you're joking. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 20, 2016 18:37:42 GMT
In general PDFs aren't interactive documents. I'd need to see the pdf itself to be 100% sure but I think it's likely.
Have you opened the pdf on a different device to see if it can be filled in there
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 20, 2016 18:49:24 GMT
You need to view it in the proper Adobe viewer, or an equivalent that allows form filling. Then you save it off and it should save your amendments. I think Foxit allows form filling.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 20, 2016 18:51:28 GMT
I even tried in work with Adobe and could figure out how the **** to fill out a PDF on screen. I may have got so angry trying again at home that I smashed up the computer mouse. Still, got me outside for a bit to buy a new one.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 20, 2016 19:35:37 GMT
Not all bad news then...
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Post by browny87 on Jul 21, 2016 9:15:04 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 21, 2016 12:04:02 GMT
In the past I have saved the pdf as a jpg and opened it in paint or similar and then used the test button.
But then you have a jpg instead of a pdf which may be a problem.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2016 16:29:16 GMT
This pdf thing is idiotic. The online form you must print off and send by snail mail! It's like IT from 1998.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 22, 2016 18:45:10 GMT
Something not right somewhere. You don't need writer to complete a PDF form. I've done loads at work and all my work laptop has is just the standard Adobe reader. There are two types - some you use the fill and sign thing to just write on, then some are properly interactive with boxes to click and fill. helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/filling-pdf-forms.html |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2016 20:40:23 GMT
I gave up and just printed the damn thing off and stuck it in the post!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 27, 2016 7:44:03 GMT
I suspect the form's author thought they were creating an interactive pdf but then saved it as the wrong type.
Someone in my office had this problem last week as well.
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