Need to add
text to an PDF that does not support editing? No problem and no extra software required.
Shortly ago
my wife called from the work. I've to get this form turned in before 5 but the
printer broken. It's a PDF. I can open it only there no way to fill it out.
What act I do?
Been there.
PDF are great for sharing documents but not always for editing them. That is
not too surprising when you consider that a PDF are really just an image not
raw text. And unless the file comprised generated in such aside since to allow
editing (by which I mean the addition of text like for a form) you often have
little option but to print it fill it out by hand then scan or fax it wherever
it needs to go.
Thankfully
there a casual workaround. (Actually, there is several but for today I'm
focusing on one I have used successfully.)
Because it
has a online tool it saves you from having to install any local software -- a
plus for corporate user who aren't allowed to do so and a plus for everyone
else because it eliminates the risk of spyware or junkware piggybacking inside
PDF-utility download.
Of course
your IT departments may have policie while it come to uploading company
documents to unapproved sites so if you're doing this from work get permission
1st.
Although
PDFescape offers only basic tools for free (a Premium account costs $20
annually) it enough to let you fill out a form. Here is how.
Step
1: Head to the PDFescape and the click Start Using Unregistered in the
upper-left corner.
Step 2: Click
Continue to the PDF escape then Upload PDF to PDF escape. Click Choose File
navigate to the local folder containing your PDF select it and then click
Upload.
Step 3: In
short orders you should see the PDF. Depending on the documents it may have
text field already highlighted in which case you can just click the inside the
one you want and start the typing. Alternately click the Text button then click
the anywhere on the page to place your cursor. Then start thte typing.
Step 4: When
you are done editing click the green Save & Download button in the toolbar
on the left side of the screen.
And thats it!
The entire process takes no more than some minutes. Of course if you have found
a better way to complete PDF forms without software name it in the comments.
