Editing, Signing PDFs

I need to edit and then sign a recieved email PDF document, then return said document. After converting the PDF file to a Word document, the editing script was misaligned along the spaces provided. Is there a more cohensive means by which to achieve this task? Thx

If this is a form, converting to Word is a disaster. You should keep it as a PDF. You may need Adobe Acrobat if the limited editing in Reader XI isn't enough.

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How to edit digitally signed pdfs

How to edit signed pdf ? am getting the message that you are currently viewing a signed version. All editing and interactive features are disabled. Save a copy and reopen to edit this document , please help how can I remove this signature or disable it ? The file was created using my use .. The error message: this document has been signed and cant be edited

Save a copy before signing - important. Think of signing as final.

Signing pdf dokuments with the Microsoft Surface pen. How to make the signature a non-editable part of the file?

Hi!
I have purchased a Microsoft Surface PRO 3. One main reason for the purchase is to sign pdf´s with the Surface-pen on the screen, save the file and avoid paper-printing the documents. Problem is however that the signature doesnt become a solid part of the document when saving it. This makes the signatures randomly not visible on some apple-produkcts, some printers etc.
I use only a free-download-version of the Adobe reader.My question is if a pro-version allow me to save the documents with the electronic signatures as a fixed part of the document - like the rest of the pdf-content?
Regards Trygve Wedset

Hi vward26,
You can use Acrobat to make only part of a PDF document editable.
Kindly refer this FAQ:http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-x-tips-tricks/how-to-convert-just-part-of-a-pdf-file/
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Florence

I have signed up for acrobat pro, why can't I edit my PDF? It is still asking me to upgrade to pro.

I have just signed up for a subscription for acrobat pro. Why is it still asking me to upgrade when I try to edit my PDF?

Especially, be sure you are USING Acrobat. Many people keep using the free Adobe Reader, which isn't changed.

Form edit a signed pdf with Acrobat X

I would like to know how to convert an already signed pdf into a form and add more fields to it, please.
I know Acrobat 9 can do this, but X cannot.

I'm afraid so. My best bet is to pdf-print it and insert fields again. The problem with this is that whatever other field/bookmark gets lost.
I find this puzzling because Acrobat 9 allows playing more with the fields, and if doubt arrises, then you can always highlight the fields. Anyhow, thanks for the reply and I hope the guys at Adobe get something effective for every instance.
cheers,
Alex

Digital Signatures and editing signed documents

Situation - A medical office wants to digitally sign a document after it has been edited (to make it a legal order) but have the form remain unlocked so it can be edited again. They want to be able to accomplish this on a single instance of the form without using the server solution just a form designed in LiveCycle with Javascript powering the transactions. Is this possible?

You can edit a signed PDF document (assuming you are not using the field collection feature). This will not "Invalidate" the signature, but it will change the status of the signature.
I have attached two screen shots to illustrate... To generate these, I signed a PDF, changed some data and re-validated the signature.
ValidationStatus.gif shows the status of the actual signature.
DocStatus.gif shows a "roll-up" status (meaning it checks all signatures on a doc and displays an overview) of the signed document.
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Steve

How to fill up pdf forms & sign pdf contracts using digitizer pen & tablet?

Greetings,
I travel a lot and bring tons of documents for clients to sign. As I am trying to cut down on travel weight, i fancied upon the idea of using a digitizer such as the Genius EasyPen i405 to fill up pdf forms and sign contracts so i wouldnt have to scan, save and email the forms back to the office thousands of miles away. I would like to know if it is possble to do that using such a device. If its possible, how? I use acrobat X. Any advise you can give would be greatly appreciated. Hope to hear from you soonest. Thank you.

Thanks for your response jallisy. I just thought about this because i read somewhere that the pen acts like a mouse cursor when you move it around the digitizer. I figured the pen could act as a mouse while the digitizer could act as a mouse pad, as such the size doesnt really matter, considering you need to press a button on the pen to engage the digital ink and you use the computer screen as your guide. I havent really tried one but am just starting to explore the idea as tablets like the Ipad are now allowing users to fill up forms and sign pdfs with a finger or a capacitive pen. Youtube offers all these interesting pdf signing and editing with the Ipad. I just really dont want an Ipad. I still think a solution is just around the corner. But i am not willing to buy an expensive tablet with limited storage and productivity features over a real laptop.
The genius site for the pen stated that i can sign microsof office docs but no pdf was mentioned. I guess they have a special software for that but the people at genius havent gotten back to me yet. Another way i was thinking about was converting all the pdfs to word, sign the word document and then save as a pdf again ... the document is prone to be edited though and formats could be accidentally changed so was really thinking about doing this directly with a PDF instead.

Annotating, Stamping, Signing PDF in Browser

Our company built a browser-based (Internet Explorer) product in which we allow the user to interact with PDFs to stamp, sign, and add comments using SDK 6. We built an Acrobat Plugin using C++ to create a custom toolbar to facilitate zooming, searching, stamping, etc. The webpage that hosts Acrobat 6 is part of an ASP.Net application.
We are attempting to update the application to Acrobat SDK 11. We have been successful in getting our plug-in toolbar to appear. The issue is that we are unable to annotate the PDF. The Acrobat control shows the built-in Acrobat tools for editing, signing, etc, but these controls are grayed-out (disabled). No matter what we do, we can't get the Adobe browser control in SDK 11 to allow editing.
Our internet searches have been unsuccessful in any information regarding this. Is editing/stamping no longer available in the browser?

Sounds like quite an application, which is probably why you are just getting around to updating from Acrobat 6...
Please review the SDK documentation and this forum for details about the removing of commenting tools (by default) from the browser back around Acrobat 9/X and how some custom JavaScript can bring it back. Of course, if you have your own plugin, you can also drive things that way.

Best practice to verifing digitally signed PDF (signed using localley generated ceritificates)

Hi,
I have signed a PDF using a locally created Microsoft Digital Certificate inside my organization.
As part of the approval workflow, I emailed the signed PDF document to another person in my organization (within the same network) for review and final acceptance.
The issue I'm facing is that when the other person opens the PDF, my signature status will show as not verified. Even though, I have created it while I'm connected on the network.
What are the steps that the other person need to follow so (s)he can verify locally generate digitally signed PDF either manually or in an automated manner?
Is there a server-side tools provided by Microsoft to do the verification automatically? Or, I have to do it manually? Any 3rd party plugins you recommend to ease this verification process?
Appreciate your help,
Yasser

There are several preference setting related to this, depending on what version you're using. For example,
Acrobat 9: Edit > Preferences > Security > Digital Signatures > Verify signatures when the document is opened
Acrobat 11: Edit > Preferences > Signatures > Verify signatures when the document is opened
To fully validate, they will need to add your certificate to their list of trusted certificates or you can set up the Windows Integration feature under Preferences.

Why unable to sign PDF with certificate after applying Nitro PDF password protection? (despite it explicitly allowing signing with certificates)

I used Adobe Reader XI to sign PDFs with certificate, which worked perfectly. Except that the PDF could still be edited by other programs (for example, Nitro PDF) after the signing (but not the fill out fields and the signature). To apply password protection makes sense to avoid changes in the PDF being made after it has been signed. So I applied password protection via Nitro PDF that allows only enter fill-out fields and signing. But when I open it with Adobe Reader, the filling out works fine, but the signing part is not available to click on it (all of the buttons under "Sign" tab are grey). When I go on the Security properties with Adobe Reader, I can explicitly see that signing of this PDF is allowed and yet the option is not open to use for me anymore.
Any ideas on why it is the case and what I could do about that?
Many thanks!
O.

Actually yes, I just asked my colleague to assist me with this, he password-protected the PDF with Acrobat 8, explicitly allowing for signing and fill-out functions, it also appears in Adobe Reader under security properties as "allowed", but it is not open to use in the Reader for me anymore (grey buttons).

How can I flatten a signed pdf? Lost all data.

Hi
I am trying to flatten a signed pdf using output->transformPDF but lost all data. How to solve that?should I use other components? Any documentation or examples?
Thanks!
wayne

Hi Hodmi,
Thank you very much for these helpful information. After taking your suggestions, I am able to use either Forms.renderPDFForm or Output.generatePDFOutput to output the pdf file with data. The problem I have now is all the fields in the PDF file is editable! After trying more than 50+ times to adjust properties of either Forms.renderPDFForm or Output.generatePDFOutput, I am still can not figure it out. By looking around this forum, Jasmin also said Output.generatePDFOutput can convert a interactive PDF to non-interactive PDF. Could you give me more hints? Thanks a ton!
The goal I want to achieve is something like Print to "Adove PDF" Printer, which is able to erase the combo boxes (other objects) in my PDF and just keep the data.
My email address is: [email protected] and if you can let me know your email address I can send you the pdf form.
Appreciate your help!
Wayne

Error while editing a pdf using CS6

Just recently, when I am attempting to edit a pdf it becomes unresponsive. I am currently using CS6. I have not done anything different. Since I have been experiencing this problem, I have uninstalled CS6 and re-installed with no resolution to the problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Charla

That’s weird. How about this
1.    which platform, Mac or Windows, and if possible please provide the operation system and its version?
Windows 7
1a. please provide your hardware info, that is, which CPU, how much RAM, and how much free space your hard disk still has available
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2.    which Acrobat version are you using? You can find this on the application's splash screen when you select "About Acrobat" (Mac: menu/Acrobat/About Acrobat & Windows: menu/Help/About Acrobat)
Version 10.1.8
3.    please provide the 'dot release' version you are using, such as Acrobat 10.1.8 and not just Acrobat 10
10.1.8
4. are all CS applications installed on the same computer and in the "Applications" folder?
All on the same computer, but I apologize, where would I find the Applications folder?
4.    was Acrobat installed as part of your CS installation, or was it independently installed?
Yes, Adobe Acrobat was installed as port of the CS installation.
6. if independently installed, was it before or after the CS apps?
7. what kind of PDF's are you trying to edit where this happens - does it always happen with every PDF or just particular ones?
Every pdf.
- I am trying to get a picture of what kind of content inside the PDF you typically work with, e.g., text-only, forms, graphic images
All the above
8. are you working inside a local network, if yes, how many computers are connected to it?
Local Network, 9 computers and I am th only one with access to the CS6 Suite 10.1.8
9. do you use any kind of cloud storage (such as Box, DropBox, etc) or network syncing processes
Drop Box
10. are you able to see whether other processes are taking place at the same time as when you use Acrobat, for example virus scanning, updating, etc
Yes, I think so. By the task manager?
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How to edit a PDF in Photoshop CS4

Hi there,
I'm having some real trouble trying to figure out how to edit a PDF in photoshop cs4. So i need to edit/change text, move things around, that type of thing.
I work in Windows.
Could someone give me a bit a low down on how this is done?
Much appreciated,
Victoria

You can open them but you will totally rasterize everything.
PDFs are not intended to be edited. They are a final format but as
mentioned you can use Acrobat for some minor text edits or use it to
extract the images to Photoshop for further editing.
Bob

I am trying to Edit a PDF and it keeps telling me to buy Acrobat Pro but I already have it and am paid up to 15 May 2015

I am trying to Edit a PDF and it keeps telling me to buy Acrobat Pro but I already have it and am paid up to 15 May 2015

Hey christopherc53009480,
Could you please let me know what version of Acrobat you have purchased.
Also, please share the screenshot of the message that pops on your screen as I need to analyze the exact issue.
Hope to hear from you.
Regards,
Anubha

How to edit a pdf such that it is still searchable?

Hi,
I want to edit some words in a pdf file and want to make sure the pdf is still searchable.
I changed the following
-234.719 -10.8 Td
[(A)-0.700044(t)10.3332(t)10.3332(i)10.3332(a)-11.0341(s)-12.4995(,)-392.394(H)-0.699227(. )-392.394(1)-8.56716(9)-8.56716(9)-8.56716(9)-8.56716(.)-365.634(I)11.8003(n)-8.56716(f)11 .8003(e)-11.0341(r)11.8003(r)11.8003(i)10.3332(n)-8.56716(g)-410.061(p)-8.56716(a)-11.0341 (r)11.8003(a)-11.0341(m)1.76604(e)-11.0341(t)10.3332(e)-11.0341(r)11.8003(s)-387.228(a)-11 .0341(n)-8.56716(d)-383.301(s)-12.5011(t)10.3348(r)11.7986(u)-8.56716(c)-11.0341(t)10.3348 (u)-8.56716(r)11.7986(e)-385.761(o)-8.56716(f)-389.695(u)-8.56716(n)-8.56716(o)-8.56716(b) ]TJ
222 0 Td
[(s)-12.5011(e)-11.0341(r)11.7986(v)18.206(e)-11.0341(d)-356.534(v)18.1995(a)-11.0341(r)11 .7986(i)10.3348(a)-11.0341(b)-8.56716(l)10.3348(e)-385.761(m)1.76767(o)-8.56716(d)-8.56716 (e)-11.0341(l)10.3348(s)-387.228(b)-8.56716(y)-383.301(v)18.1995(a)-11.0341(r)11.7986(i)10 .3348(a)-11.0341(t)10.3348(i)10.3348(o)-8.56716(n)-8.56716(a)-11.0341(l)-364.392(B)-2.1663 (a)-11.0341(y)-8.56716(e)-11.0341(s)-12.5011(,)-365.624(2)-8.56716(1)-8.56716(?)-8.56716(3 )-8.56716(0)-8.56716(.)-338.864(I)11.8019(n)-8.56716(:)10.3316]TJ
-214.8 -10.8 Td
to
-234.719 -10.8 Td
[(A)-0.700044(t)10.3332(t)10.3332(i)10.3332(a)-11.0341(s)-12.4995(,)-392.394(H)-0.699227(. )-392.394(1)-8.56716(9)-8.56716(9)-8.56716(9)-8.56716(.)-365.634(I)11.8003(n)-8.56716(f)11 .8003(e)-11.0341(r)11.8003(r)11.8003(i)10.3332(n)-8.56716(g)-410.061(p)-8.56716(a)-11.0341 (r)11.8003(a)-11.0341(m)1.76604(e)-11.0341(t)10.3332(e)-11.0341(r)11.8003(s)-387.228(a)-11 .0341(n)-8.56716(d)-383.301(s)-12.5011(t)10.3348(r)11.7986(u)-8.56716(c)-11.0341(t)10.3348 (u)-8.56716(r)11.7986(e)-385.761(o)-8.56716(f)-389.695(l)-8.56716(a)-8.56716(t)-8.56716(e) -12.5011(n)-12.5011(t)]TJ
222 0 Td
[-11.0341( )11.7986( )18.206( )-11.0341( )-356.534(v)18.1995(a)-11.0341(r)11.7986(i)10.3348(a)-11.0341(b)-8.56716(l)10.3348(e)-385 .761(m)1.76767(o)-8.56716(d)-8.56716(e)-11.0341(l)10.3348(s)-387.228(b)-8.56716(y)-383.301 (v)18.1995(a)-11.0341(r)11.7986(i)10.3348(a)-11.0341(t)10.3348(i)10.3348(o)-8.56716(n)-8.5 6716(a)-11.0341(l)-364.392(B)-2.1663(a)-11.0341(y)-8.56716(e)-11.0341(s)-12.5011(,)-365.62 4(2)-8.56716(1)-8.56716(?)-8.56716(3)-8.56716(0)-8.56716(.)-338.864(I)11.8019(n)-8.56716(: )10.3316]TJ
-214.8 -10.8 Td
But the word 'latent' is not searchable although the word 'unobserved' is searchable in acrobat. Does anybody what should be the correct way to edit a pdf file.
What does the Td, Tj and the numbers, such as 10.3348, mean? Why a word are separated into many letters enclosed by ()?

I know that pdf is usually compressed and pdftk can help decompress it. That is why I get the text format of the pdf code segments that I showed.
The ISO 32000-1 document is too thick for me to digest. I know that if I should be able to find all the information that need from ISO 32000-1. But I'm wondering whether there is more concised document for my particular question.
Also, I try to use Acrobat (TouchUP Text tool) to edit the pdf, but it always says "All or part of the selection has no available system font. You cannot add or delete text using the currently selected font." I find the following solution. But it doesn't really help, because I can not delete text if there is no system availabe font for the text that I'm going to delete.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/330/330971.html

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