# PDF Help...... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735 "2008-03-10T10:13:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/1 "2008-03-10T10:13:07Z")
How do I edit a .pdf form? :noob: I checked the security settings and it states that “filling of form fields:allowed”. Tried saving the file, right clicking on the form fields,- nothing. The basic pointer icon doesn’t change when moved over the form fields, which makes me think it isn’t interactive, but this form needs to be submitted electronically… wtf. The document rights don’t seem to allow me to enable the typewriter toolbar. There’s probably a blatantly easy solution to this like a edit mode or something but I just can’t fggur it out… God, I’m a noob - somebody help me. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/2 "2008-03-10T10:15:07Z")
Try upgrading your version of adobe reader. That PDF might not be compatible with an older version. ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/3 "2008-03-10T10:24:20Z")
Josh, thanks for the idea… I updated to v.8.12 and restarted my system - same result. Very frustrating… I may just print this thing out, hand fill it out, scan it, and convert it to .pdf :bloated: :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/4 "2008-03-10T10:27:56Z")
Humm… You might need the full version of Acrobat then. ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/5 "2008-03-10T10:30:18Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Humm… You might need the full version of Acrobat then. that’s what I’m thinking too… ---
**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/6 "2008-03-10T10:32:46Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Humm… You might need the full version of Acrobat then. BINGO! Reader is just that, allows to you read/view PDFs. To be able to edit them in anyway requires Acrobat Pro. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/7 "2008-03-10T10:33:35Z")
Try FoxIt reader. Its free, only 2 megs versus adobe which is 20+ megs, and it can edit forms. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/8 "2008-03-10T10:35:46Z")
> [@Itagaki](#): > > BINGO! > > Reader is just that, allows to you read/view PDFs. To be able to edit them in anyway requires Acrobat Pro. I can create documents in Acrobat that can be edited on a computer with just the reader. It depends on how the forms are setup. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/9 "2008-03-10T10:42:28Z")
it might be an image pdf… not ocr’ed ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pdf-help/44735/10 "2008-03-10T10:48:27Z")
use ocr