Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

[Guest Spin]

Gurus,

 

Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've opened a

PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want to replace

certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and annotate a

comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would allow me to make

wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing comments?

 

--

Spin

[Guest PD43]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote:

>Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've opened a

>PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want to replace

>certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and annotate a

>comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would allow me to make

>wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing comments?

 

There is NO way this question belongs here.

 

try:

 

comp.text.pdf or

 

adobe.acrobat.windows

[Guest RA]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

Spin wrote:

> Gurus,

>

> Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've

> opened a PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I

> want to replace certain words but all I can do is make a

> strikethrough and annotate a comment. I though the Pro version of

> Adobe Acrobat would allow me to make wholesale changes and not simply

> just minor editing comments?

 

Contact the person who sent it to you and ask them to send you an editable

pdf.

Pro does allow you to make changes but the person who created the pdf can

limit what you can change. If the document was scanned to pdf instead of

printed to pdf, you won't be able to replace words either.

[Guest NotMe]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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| Gurus,

|

| Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've opened

a

| PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want to replace

| certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and annotate a

| comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would allow me to make

| wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing comments?

 

The copy I have requires me to click on the typewriter in the tool bar then

click on the space I want to edit.

 

If there is a better way I'd like to know.

[Guest MJP]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

 

"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> Gurus,

>

> Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've opened

> a PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want to

> replace certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and

> annotate a comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would allow

> me to make wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing comments?

>

> --

> Spin

 

Is the PDF file you received an editable document?, or has it been created

as an image?

 

It depends on how the document was created as to what editing options will

be available in the PDF file.

 

MJP

[Guest Spin]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

"MJP" <mjpjunk32@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Is the PDF file you received an editable document?, or has it been created

> as an image?

>

> It depends on how the document was created as to what editing options will

> be available in the PDF file.

>

> MJP

 

How do I tell if the PDF file I received is an editable document versus

created as an image?

[Guest MJP]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

 

"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> "MJP" <mjpjunk32@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:zKadncktibcsiGzanZ2dnUVZ8v6dnZ2d@bt.com...

>> Is the PDF file you received an editable document?, or has it been

>> created as an image?

>>

>> It depends on how the document was created as to what editing options

>> will be available in the PDF file.

>>

>> MJP

>

> How do I tell if the PDF file I received is an editable document versus

> created as an image?

 

If you're viewing a PDF file , and don't know which kind of file it is, use

the find feature to locate a word that you know is there to see if Adobe

Acrobat can recognize it. If not, you're looking at an image.

 

From the menu select paper capture, to carry out OCR. The exact method

varies slightly with different versions of acrobat.

 

MJP

[Guest LetoII]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:28:48 -0400, "Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote:

>Gurus,

>

>Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've opened a

>PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want to replace

>certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and annotate a

>comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would allow me to make

>wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing comments?

 

What does this have to do with XP?? NOTHING.

 

Ask elsewhere

[Guest PD43]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words inPDF documents

 

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words inPDF documents

 

On Mar 31, 6:10 pm, LetoII <n...@none.net> wrote:

> What does this have to do with XP?? NOTHING.

>

> Ask elsewhere

 

Killfile this dweeb and you'll be doing everyone a favor.

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace wordsin PDF documents

 

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace wordsin PDF documents

 

Spin wrote:

> Gurus,

>

> Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've

> opened a PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want

> to replace certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and

> annotate a comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would

> allow me to make wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing

> comments?

>

 

 

It depends entirely upon what sort of specific change restrictions the

original creator of the document set.

 

 

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[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

Spin wrote:

> Gurus,

>

> Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've

> opened a PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I

> want to replace certain words but all I can do is make a

> strikethrough and annotate a comment. I though the Pro version of

> Adobe Acrobat would allow me to make wholesale changes and not simply

> just minor editing comments?

 

The author did not enable the "allow changes" button.

[Guest Blinky the Shark]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

Spin wrote:

> Gurus,

>

> Running Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional on Windows XP Pro SP2. I've opened

> a PDF sent to me by another person and I want to edit it. I want to

> replace certain words but all I can do is make a strikethrough and

> annotate a comment. I though the Pro version of Adobe Acrobat would allow

> me to make wholesale changes and not simply just minor editing comments?

 

One of the reasons to create a PDF file is that it can be made uneditable.

 

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[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

In message <pan.2008.04.01.03.47.46.653786@thurston.blinkynet.net>

Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:

>One of the reasons to create a PDF file is that it can be made uneditable.

 

I believe you misspelt "slightly more difficult to edit"

[Guest PD43]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:

>I believe you misspelt "slightly more difficult to edit"

 

I believe you misspelled "misspelled"

[Guest Blinky the Shark]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

DevilsPGD wrote:

> In message <pan.2008.04.01.03.47.46.653786@thurston.blinkynet.net>

> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:

>

>>One of the reasons to create a PDF file is that it can be made uneditable.

>

> I believe you misspelt "slightly more difficult to edit"

 

Seems to be the same thing in the case of the OP.

 

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[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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On Mar 31, 6:10 pm, LetoII <n...@none.net> wrote:

> What does this have to do with XP?? NOTHING.

>

> Ask elsewhere

 

Killfile this dweeb and you'll be doing everyone a favor.

 

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Unfortunately, won't solve the problem of a mentally ill schoolchild. He

will just change his name to make sure that his pointless obsession is seen

by as many people as possible.

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:

>

>>I believe you misspelt "slightly more difficult to edit"

>

> I believe you misspelled "misspelled"

 

No, you misspelt "misspelt".

 

"misspelled" is not an English word. It's some foreign word from a language

known as 'American'. This is a language spoken in a country that wrongly

believes that it speaks English when, in reality, it hasn't used the

language for over 2½ centuries.

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Pro version of Adobe Acrobat doesn't allow me to replace words in PDF documents

 

 

"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote in message

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> In message <pan.2008.04.01.03.47.46.653786@thurston.blinkynet.net>

> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:

>

>>One of the reasons to create a PDF file is that it can be made uneditable.

>

> I believe you misspelt "slightly more difficult to edit"

 

A PDF file can be made uneditable. Of course, you can't prevent anyone from

capturing the image and OCRing it back to a document. But you can prevent a

user from printing it, editing it and even copying and pasting it.