Insert text into a pdf form

How can I edit a pdf file? It is a form and I need to insert some text. Please help.

Unless it's an editable form, you can't... at least, not without buying Adobe Acrobat (not to be confused with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader). If it's an editable form, you can just open it in Acrobat Reader or Preview, click on the fields and start typing.

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Inserting text into a PDF

Greetings all!
I'm quite new to InDesign, but I'm thrilled to see such a vibrant community on the official forums. I'm getting along quite well with it, absolutley awesome program, I may be in love...
But, I've hit something of a problem. I'm making a digital sales brouchre, 99% of the text it it will remain the same, but there are a few sections where text will need to be changed by the sales guys in our office (client name, client requirements and costings)
Acrobat Pro is too expensive for such simple edits, and I've tried inserting form fields as a workaround but found out that you cannot change the font from Times!
I'm using InDesign CS6. Is there anything I can do to make these small sections easily editable? This document will be edited by end users so needless to say it needs to be simple!
Failing that is there any way the text can be inserted dynamically? For example, the sales guys insert the text and costs into a web form, and the PDF is spat out at the other end?
I know PDF's are finalised files, but I hope there is an adaquate workaround! Anything to get them to stop using Microsoft Word!!!

Hi Mike,
Thanks for taking the time to respond.
The brochure is for digital use only, so I would need to find a way to edit it directly. It's only a simple edit, but I think I've found something.
In the meantime, I'm using the (newly free!) version of Acrobat Pro 7 and using the TouchUp Text tool. Luckily the whole document displays correctly, and edits can be made. Although there are some limitations.
For anyone having this issue you can download Acrobat Pro 7, along with the rest of CS2 totally free here: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html
This solution seems quite strong, but if anyone has a better solution, I'd love to hear it!

Help with inserting pages into a PDF form

Hi everyone,
I used LiveCycle Designer ES for the first time to make a fillable PDF form. The form works splendidly, but the users wish to insert PDF pages to the end of the form before submitting (using Acrobat).
I can't figure out how to allow this to happen.
I open the form I made in Acrobat 9.0 and the Insert Pages tab is greyed out.
I went back to LC and set form options to "Allow all changs except extract" and this seems to have done nothing.
When I look at the security settings in Adobe and click on Permissions Details, I see two different things. In Docmuent Security, the security method is set as Password Security and if I open Show Details It says changing the Document is allowed.
But in the Document Restrictions Summary, changing the Document is set at Not allowed.
Probably a newbie question, but I am stumped.
Thanks,
Becky

Hey there,
If you've created a dynamic form, then the PDF document is no loger an acroform, it's an XFA form. I might be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that XFA forms can't have their pages extracted or have pages added via Acrobat.
If that is the case (I'm fairly certain it is) then you have a few options:
1) Redesign the form in Acrobat, losing the dynamic functionality.
2) Create the form in Livecycle, and include the hidden subform that is shown on submit or button press (this would require you to know what the users want added, it would also require that the thing they're adding is always the same)
3) Install a virtual printer, get them to fill out the dynamic form, then 'print' the via the dynamic printer.
Personally, I'd go with option 3. A virtual printer is a program that prints the current document to a file, instead of an actual printer. 'Cute PDF Writer' is a virtual printer that is able to 'print' any document to a new pdf document. The new form will not be dynamic, and the fields are made read-only (hense why they should fill it out before printing it), but you will be able to insert pages.
If you would like feel free to send me a message with any questions regarding cutepdf writer.
- Scott
P.S. CutePDF Writer also has the advantage of being free, well-supported, and just plain awesome. =P I would suggest getting it, even if you don't need it to resolve this issue. I use it all the time.

How to insert text in current Pdf?

I try to insert text into current pdf i am getting unexepected error
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// Create a DEGraphicState object and set its attributes
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    textMatrix.v = Int16ToFixed(2*72); /* in this case, 1" x 2" */
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    PDEColorSpace pdeColorSpace = PDEColorSpaceCreateFromName(ASAtomFromString(colour_space.c_str()));
    memset(&gState, 0, sizeof(PDEGraphicState));
    gState.strokeColorSpec.space = gState.fillColorSpec.space = pdeColorSpace;
    gState.miterLimit = fixedTen;
    gState.flatness = fixedOne;
    gState.lineWidth = fixedOne;
    PDSysFont sysFont;
    PDEFont pdeFont;
    PDEFontAttrs pdeFontAttrs;
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    memset(&pdeFontAttrs, 0, sizeof(pdeFontAttrs));
    pdeFontAttrs.name = ASAtomFromString("CourierStd");
    pdeFontAttrs.type = ASAtomFromString("Type1");
    //Get system font
    sysFont = PDFindSysFont(&pdeFontAttrs, sizeof(PDEFontAttrs), 0);
    //Create a font that is used to draw text on a page
    pdeFont = PDEFontCreateFromSysFont(sysFont, kPDEFontDoNotEmbed);
    char *chrNewFilePath = "Doc.pdf";
    ASText asFilePath = ASTextFromUnicode(reinterpret_cast <ASUTF16Val *> (chrNewFilePath), kUTF8);
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    char *HelloWorldStr = "Hello There";
    //Create new text run
    PDETextAdd(pdeText, //Text container to add to
               kPDETextRun, // kPDETextRun
               0, // in
               (unsigned char*)HelloWorldStr, // Text to add
               strlen(HelloWorldStr),// Length of text
               pdeFont, // Font to apply to text
               &gState, //Address of PDEGraphicState object
               sizeof(gState), //Size of graphic state to apply to text
               NULL,
               0,
               &textMatrix, //Transformation matrix for text
               NULL); //Stroke matrix
    ::free(chrNewFilePath);
    ASFileSys asFileSys = ASGetDefaultFileSysForPath(ASAtomFromString( "ASTextPath" ), asFilePath);
    ASPathName asNewPath = ASFileSysCreatePathName(asFileSys, ASAtomFromString( "ASTextPath" ), asFilePath, 0);
    PDDocSave(pdDoc, PDSaveFull , asNewPath , asFileSys, NULL, NULL);

I changed that code to below mention code, when i was run the plugin and after close the acrobat it asking for save, but it doesn't show any text text
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    char errorMsg[256];
    ASInt32 errorCode = 0;
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    // Because we're using one of the base 14 Type 1 fonts, we only
    // need to pass a small amount of information to PDEFontCreate().
    PDEFont pdeFont = NULL;
    PDEFontAttrs pdeFontAttrs;
    memset(&pdeFontAttrs, 0, sizeof (pdeFontAttrs));
    pdeFontAttrs.name = ASAtomFromString( "Courier" );
    pdeFontAttrs.type = ASAtomFromString( "Type1" );
    DURING
    // Create the font reference.
    pdeFont = PDEFontCreate(&pdeFontAttrs, sizeof (pdeFontAttrs), 0, 255, 0, 0, ASAtomNull, 0, 0, 0, 0);
    HANDLER
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    AVAlertNote (errorMsg);
    return   NULL;
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    PDEColorSpace pdeColorSpace = PDEColorSpaceCreateFromName(ASAtomFromString( "DeviceGray" ));
    PDEGraphicState gState;
    ASFixedMatrix textMatrix;
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    // including color, weight, and so forth.
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    gState.miterLimit = fixedTen;
    gState.flatness = fixedOne;
    gState.lineWidth = fixedOne;
    // Fill out the text matrix, which determines the point
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    memset (&textMatrix, 0, sizeof (textMatrix));
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    // Advertise that we changed the contents so the viewer redraws the
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    PDPageNotifyContentsDidChange (pdPage);
    HANDLER
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    errorCode = ASGetExceptionErrorCode();
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    // Release any objects we may have created or acquired.
    // Note : PDERelease correctly handles NULL, so we don't
    // need to test for valid objects.
    PDERelease ((PDEObject) pdeColorSpace);
    PDERelease ((PDEObject) pdeFont);

Help inserting a filled out pdf form into a pdf report.

Why can I not insert a filled out pdf form into my pdf reports? I am new to Adobe Acrobat X.

See what it says under: File > Properties > Description > PDF Producer
If it's an XFA form, is should say something like "Adobe LiveCycle Designer [version#]"
You can also open the interactive JavaScript console (Ctrl+J) and enter the following line of code:
xfa
and with the cursor on the line, hit Ctrl+Enter, of the Enter key on the numeric keypad.
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[object XFAObject]
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Does anyone know how to insert text into a field at the current cursor position? I would like it to work similar to the Syntax Palette in Forms. I cannot figure out how to retrieve the current cursor position in order to manipulate the text.
Any help would be great.
Thanks.

Hi,
If the button and the textfield are on in the same subform then this code should work in the click event of the button
(This is JavaScript code so make sure the code is set to JavaScript and Client on the drop downs in the script window)
(assuming the name of the textfield is TextField1)
TextField1.rawValue = "some value";
If they are in different subforms then you have 2 options
Please note in both these options it is easier if the subforms have names ( I am assuming this to keep samples simple)
option 1 -
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Using the wonders of the internet I have been able to display a webpage, and see the HTML code that is generated, however, I don't know how to insert text into a web page, or get the result.
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What do you mean by insert into web page? Like
prefill data on a form?
Or like a search on google? What are you using to
do this?
I am guessing based on the info you gave in your
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Reading Data into a PDF form with cfpdfform and cfpdfformparam

I have been trying to read data from a query into a PDF form. I have the application setup to generate a new pdf file for every record in the database table which is working perfectly, but when I try to have the application pre-populate the form fields in the pdf form they remain empty. I have included a snippet of the code that creates the PDF documents. I am using Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8.0 to create the PDF form.
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This works perfectly and the image from the xml is indeed displayed in the PDF form generated with cfpdf.
BUT, from the moment you convert the pdf form to static pdf document, the image will be gone - the dynamic text remains.
Note: I never further investigated why the image disapears once the pdf form is converted to 'static' pdf. Thinking about it now, it might have been an incoding issue. The toBase64() function in ColdFusion has an optional "Encoding" argument, may be by playing with the encoding the image might finally 'survive' the conversion to static pdf.
Good luck.
note: this will populate the pdf form from your xml structure in ColdFusion.
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I've looked at the other discussions about not being able to insert pages into a PDF, and tried all the suggestions, but to no avail. I think the problem is that the original PDF was created in Adobe 8, and I have Adobe 9. When I open the PDF in Adobe Pro 9, the security screen says that editing is not allowed, and the screen is greyed out so that I can't change the settings. When I open the same PDF in Adobe Pro 8, the security screen says "No Security".
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That would be a question for Adobe support. Firefox does advise users when their Acrobat plugin is out of date, but the actual update is done by Adobe.

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Hi hpmg,
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I am trying to edit text (insert text) in a pdf document using Adobe 9 Pro. When I click on Advanced Editing, touch up text tool. I select a box around the text and begin to type, nothing appears the cursor moves but nothing is typed. I need immediate help .

Editing text and Adding text require different tools.
The Touch up text tool would be used to modify; add, modify or delete within a line of existing text.
To add text to an open area, the Typewriter tool would be necessary.
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Hi
I have a named table ClientInfo on Slide 3 in Powerpoint. How can I programmatically insert text into the table's cells?
Thanks
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Hi Yahya,
What did you mean named table? Did you mean the name of shape?
If I understood correctly, we can use table object to manipulate a table shape on a slide. And here is a sample to insert text into the first cell for your reference:
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