Is there a simple (hopefully automated) way to turn lines of pre-existing text in a .PDF document into text boxes that someone using Acrobat Reader can enter information into? I have Acrobat 5.0x and FoxIt's PDF Editor.
What I want to do is this:
I have a .pdf document that has a number of ID cards with pre-entered names. Just using them myself, I'd simply edit them with Acrobat and print them with the new names and information. The situation has gotten to the point where other people need to be able to do this, and most of them don't have (or don't have access to) Acrobat, just Acrobat Reader.
I know you can create .pdf forms using Acrobat that Acrobat Reader can enter the information in and then print; the reason I don't want to have to go back and manually create and place a text box for each entry on the card is that each card has 14 fields, and they're laid out 8 cards per 8.5 x 11 page. That's a LOT of fields to have to go back and manually create, and getting the placement right would be a real chore. That's why I'm hoping there's some way to select a line of text and then convert it *in place* to an editable form field (probably already containing the "sample" information) that could be changed by someone with access to just Reader.
What I want to do is this:
I have a .pdf document that has a number of ID cards with pre-entered names. Just using them myself, I'd simply edit them with Acrobat and print them with the new names and information. The situation has gotten to the point where other people need to be able to do this, and most of them don't have (or don't have access to) Acrobat, just Acrobat Reader.
I know you can create .pdf forms using Acrobat that Acrobat Reader can enter the information in and then print; the reason I don't want to have to go back and manually create and place a text box for each entry on the card is that each card has 14 fields, and they're laid out 8 cards per 8.5 x 11 page. That's a LOT of fields to have to go back and manually create, and getting the placement right would be a real chore. That's why I'm hoping there's some way to select a line of text and then convert it *in place* to an editable form field (probably already containing the "sample" information) that could be changed by someone with access to just Reader.