How to Edit Text in Forms

I previously bought an Education version of Acrobat 5.0 and it only allowed me to edit documents about 5 times before the feature was turned off in the software, I guess because it was the education version. Now I bought a Full Version of Acrobat 5.0 after reading an online product review that said version 5 was perfect for most regular PC users who only need to change a form occassionally and are not creating forms that need to be protected or very elaborate etc. etc. Hopefully version 5 can do some of what I need to do but so far no luck.
When I scan a document into my computer and create a PDF file in version 5 now I am unable to make simple editing changes in text within any parts of the document. I don't create anything very fancy and only really bought this older version so I could make a couple changes to text and Headers of old forms I use in my everyday business but since I changed companies I would like my new company logo on the forms and be able to edit some of the text in different parts of the form. I checked the security settings after scanning a form in and it says everything is allowed, printing, form field fill in, editing etc. ..... what I am not doing correctly???

A Scan is nothing more than an image of a page of text and images. You will have to OCR, Optical Charater Recognition, to access the text contained within the image.

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How to edit text in a form

I downloaded a form to pay taxes, I compiled it inserting my dates but I wuold like to edit text: how can I do it?
thank you and excuse me for my bad english

I was going to comment yesterday and did not. I think I will chime in anyway for what it is worth. As Claudio mentioned, editing PDFs is not really recommended. If you have downloaded a government form, there may be some implications if you actually tried to change the form (to make it look better) and it could be rejected. I remember some time back I has a passport or visa form I think where the size of the field entry was rediculous. I lived with it and the limitations.
The form was also restricted from editing, that would have made it a bit more difficult and might have invalidated any submission. I do not know if there are any legal implications of making such changes, but there may be some aspects of the form not being accepted if you try to change it.
If you are talking about no fields available, you might want to recheck the source of the form to see if they have one with fields included (the IRS used to have forms with and without fields). If the form allows adding fields and that is the issue, then simply select the TOOLS>Advanced editing and use the form tools you need. If the form is locked, it is probably best to print the form and start using a pen.
Another option in the latter case is to print the form and then fill is in using a word processor, playing around with the placement of the text until the two line up. Then you just print the form and then reprint the text on top of it. That used to be the method folks used.

How to edit text in a form edited in LCD / Acrobat 9?

So I have a few minor edits to a form that was created in LCD 9 and Acrobat Pro 9. Apparently this seemingly simple task is now impossible with the latest versions. When I try to edit it in Acrobat XI I get the message "This form cannot be edited in Acrobat" but I have no way to edit the text in LCD.
Are users of forms from release 9 really stranded?

I may still have a version of AA9 available to play with. If so, I will try to check things out and see if there are alternatives. Of course, you could recreate the form in Acrobat XI (that is where printing to a new PDF or extracting the info would be useful). You could also try Forms Central that is part of XI. It may be that Forms Central can deal with a LCD form, never tried it (but I tend to doubt it). If you did not use any of the fancy features of LCD forms, you might be better off just transferring it to AcroForms in XI.
OK, I opened an AcroForms file in Designer for AA9 and saved. I then opened the file in AA9 and was surprised that I would edit the text of the form. When I went to edit the form fields it took me to Designer as would be expected. I played around in Designer a bit and could not find a way to edit the text, but the text could be edited in AA9. I think this is what you had described.
I then opened the LCD form in AA XI and found the same result that you did. I was not able to edit either the text or the forms. However, I was able to export the form with most fields to DOCX. The result was pretty good for the form I was working with (suggesting it had reasonable tagging -- but that may also have been done by Designer, I am not sure). There were a few form fields that did not seem to come out, but most did on the 4 page form. I then used PDF Maker to create a new PDF and the result gave most of the form fields, similar to the docx file. It may be that this conversion process might be the most useful, unless you possibly have a form with dynamic fields that is unique in Designer.
Hope that at least clarifies a few things for all of us and gives you some ideas. You might find additional input from the folks in the forms sub-forum.

How to edit text box in Acrobat XI, created by prior versions of Acrobat

Hi, I'm having a difficult time trying to figure out how to edit a text box that was created in an older verison of Acrobat and used to fill out a form.
In my case, I've added text boxes over pre-existing text using an older version of Acrobat.
When I try to click on the text box, however, it seems to pick up on the pre-existing text and not allow me to edit the text box that I created in the past.

Try to edit the text with the 'Add Text Comment' tool which resides in Comment pane. The text used to fill the form may have been written as annotation, hence when you are trying to edit those with editing tools, original text is being edited.

How to edit text in the yellow text box of a URL-link?

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example:
the link is: www.domainpage.com/home/subfolder/page1234/sweet.html.
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This is a screenshot of what text boxes affect the page title.
If you can't change the necessary text box to reflect the title you want you can add the title via an HTML snippet and the following code:
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How To Edit Text?

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Preserve tables, images, and multi-column text.
Export PDF comments to Word.
However, I cannot seem to edit text within the PDF. If I try to export to Word, the resulting doc looks completely different, not to mention its missing the graphics.
All I wish to do is change some basic text in the PDF... just change a "9" to an "8".
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Hi,
You can not edit the content within Pdf file by using Export Pdf But with the Acrobat.
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How to edit text in MS Word HEADER using bookmarks?

I've been using the ActiveX calls to edit text in Word docs for a while. I assumed there was no trick to doing it in the header of a Word doc, but there seems to be no way to get into the header via LabView ActiveX calls.
Regretably, Word also makes this tricky. I found these VBA hints:
Bookmark, Go to Bookmark:
(This method does not work with bookmarks in Headers/Footers)
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name:="Name"
Bookmark, Select a Bookmark:
(This method works when using bookmarks in Headers/Footers)
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("BookmarkName").Select
Bookmark, Insert Text Using Range (Change Content of Range):
(This method works when using bookmarks in Headers/Footers)
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("BookmarkName").Range.Text="Text"
Bookmark, Insert Text Using Range (Add After Range):
(This method works when using bookmarks in Headers/Footers)
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("BookmarkName").Range.InsertAfter _
"Text"
I have been using the first one and I was hoping one of the last three would be simple to implement, but there does not seem to be a way to do any of them via LabView.
I do not have the reports tool kit, but I have seen nothing to indicate that it is possble with that either.
So, is it possible to edit the headed of a MS Word doc?

I'm also not happy about word and LabVIEW and I hope that there will be much more improvement with the open document format... right know I have to use a word document template .
However, here is a code I use to fill bookmarks even in the header. I found that somehow the bookmark vanish after manipulation and you have to add it again.
Hope that it help ....
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How to edit text in a PDF on an iPad

Away from my iMac, I am trying to edit text on a contract PDF on my iPad. Have not been able to do so in any app I've found. Any suggestions?

PDFs are not meant to be edited (except minor edits such as adding a word or changing spelling).
Adding paragraphs and such is not accomplished very easily, even with Adobe Acrobat Pro.
If you want to change something, change the original docuemnt then print it to PDF.

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Create a new PDF from Word. Open the old form in Acrobat and replace the pages with the pages of the new PDF.

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I downloaded a jpeg image from shutterstock.com to use for my baby shower invitation and was told that I would be able to erase the example text and add my own using adobe illustrator but having a hard time figuring this out. Please help.

daynam60128295 wrote:
I downloaded a jpeg image ... and was told that I would be able to erase the example text...
You were mislead. Text in a flattened raster image (your JPEG) is essentially "burned in" and not editable or erasable in Illustrator. It is true that you could set type over (in front of) an image with Illustrator.
It may be possible to achieve the end result you want, but without seeing the image, it would be difficult to tell you how to proceed. Can you post a screenshot?

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After inserting I can move the text around, but I can’t edit the text, can’t add or change characters, can’t change color.
Is there a way to do that?

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How to edit contents of Form in PE51 in HR Module

Dear Experts,
I need to add some fields in Payslip through PE51 and edit some field also,pls tell me how to do it.
Thanks n regards
Anwar
Edited by: Anwar Jamal on Feb 15, 2008 2:25 PM

First find out the form name, go to SE71 tcode enter the form name in change mode, check for the field in which window they have populated and modify according to your requirement. Finally activate the form before executing it.
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How to edit text in text boxes in psd format documents?

A colleague has produced a flier using Publisher and has sent me psd file. I would like to edit and change some of the text within existing text boxes.
How do I do that?
I look forward to hearing
Regards GMcG

Is the psd file flattened or do you see the Text layers in the layers panel?
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How to edit text that is too fuzzy

I am trying to edit a psd doc that I received form someone else. It is supposed to be a diet guide that someone created for me. I need to edit it.
When I open it, it opens very small. In image size, it is 105*75. The doc is 7*5. The resolution is 15
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Phillip

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We have created pdf fillable forms and was able to add text fields that come with red borders (intentional) inside and outside the forms. However, when trying to edit the texts inside the form, we are not able to click on it to select and delete/move easily like the text outside the forms. I am able to edit it from the comments list on the sidebar, but not editing it directly on the form, which takes a lot more time.
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Make sure the "Highlight Existing Fields" option is check marked.
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