Editing PDFs in Preview

I'm pretty sure that Preview doesn't enable one to actually edit a PDF, but I did fill out a PDF form using Preview. I'm able to see those changes in Preview when I open it, but not in any other PDF reader I've tried. Is there any way to see those changes in another PDF reader?

Try printing the form and choosing Save as PDF in the print dialog.

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Do you see the icon with the arrow in the toolbar in Preview? If so, click that and you should get an email option.
If you don't see that icon, right-click on the Toolbar, select Customize, and drag the icon into the toolbar.
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Editing pdf documents

Hi - I thought I could download Adobe, well I DID, but when it finished downloading it told me then that it wasn't compatible with Mac
How or what do I do to edit a pdf document - or maybe I can't at all can I? Ta

Sounds like you downloaded a version of Adobe for mac that wasn't the version for Lion.
However, neither Preview (the pdf reader included in Lion) nor the free version of Adobe Reader will allow you to edit the actual content of a pdf. You can overlay new text boxes to obscure the original date/venue with Preview but it will look pretty tacky!
You need to get Adobe Acrobat for that
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/edit-pdf-files.html
It's a paid for app, but you should be able to download and install a 30-day trial which might allow you to do this job before having to pay for it (note: I'm not sure if the trial is full-featured or not, you'll have to check that out on Adobe's page. Make sure you get the version that's compatible with Lion this time!).

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Well, I'm using Preview Version 4.2 (469.5), what version does yours show?
5.0.1. I guess I wasn't paying attention. This is the 10.5 forum, isn't it.
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