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A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to fill
out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled forms. I
was able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the pages. Now,
with the same program I can't write anything. I may have accidentally
made some change or Adobe may have made one.

Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been trying
CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.

TIA

"Loony" <> wrote in message
news:...
>A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to fill
>out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled forms. I was
>able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the pages. Now, with
>the same program I can't write anything. I may have accidentally made some
>change or Adobe may have made one.
>
> Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been trying
> CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.
>
> TIA


Whether or not you can fill in a form is not a function of the reader, it's
a function of the way the form was created in the first place. Most forms
require you to print the form locally, then fill it in and fax it back, or
mail it. Of course, you can always scan it, and e-mail it back...

PDF writers now accomodate the completion of the form online and the data is
sent to the Webmaster for processing. This is not a function of the PDF
reader you are using, it is a function of the webmaster's ability to
actually create a form with Form Fields that collect the data that you
enter. The program that you need to generate your own PDF forms is not
usually found in the free applications arena. It is a part of the
full-featured PDF generation applications.

On 03/02/2012 21:38, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Loony" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to
>> fill out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled
>> forms. I was able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the
>> pages. Now, with the same program I can't write anything. I may have
>> accidentally made some change or Adobe may have made one.
>>
>> Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been
>> trying CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.
>>
>> TIA
>
>
> Whether or not you can fill in a form is not a function of the reader,
> it's a function of the way the form was created in the first place. Most
> forms require you to print the form locally, then fill it in and fax it
> back, or mail it. Of course, you can always scan it, and e-mail it back...
>
> PDF writers now accomodate the completion of the form online and the
> data is sent to the Webmaster for processing. This is not a function of
> the PDF reader you are using, it is a function of the webmaster's
> ability to actually create a form with Form Fields that collect the data
> that you enter. The program that you need to generate your own PDF forms
> is not usually found in the free applications arena. It is a part of the
> full-featured PDF generation applications.

Thanks Jeff.

Could you explain how it was that I was able to complete form about a
week ago with Adobe Reader and now I can't even dot an i.

"Loony" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 03/02/2012 21:38, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>
>> "Loony" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to
>>> fill out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled
>>> forms. I was able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the
>>> pages. Now, with the same program I can't write anything. I may have
>>> accidentally made some change or Adobe may have made one.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been
>>> trying CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>>
>> Whether or not you can fill in a form is not a function of the reader,
>> it's a function of the way the form was created in the first place. Most
>> forms require you to print the form locally, then fill it in and fax it
>> back, or mail it. Of course, you can always scan it, and e-mail it
>> back...
>>
>> PDF writers now accomodate the completion of the form online and the
>> data is sent to the Webmaster for processing. This is not a function of
>> the PDF reader you are using, it is a function of the webmaster's
>> ability to actually create a form with Form Fields that collect the data
>> that you enter. The program that you need to generate your own PDF forms
>> is not usually found in the free applications arena. It is a part of the
>> full-featured PDF generation applications.
>
> Thanks Jeff.
>
> Could you explain how it was that I was able to complete form about a week
> ago with Adobe Reader and now I can't even dot an i.
>

Same form?

If you could complete Form A a week ago, but cannot complete it now, then
no, I have no explanation. If you completed Form A a week ago but cannot
complete Form B today, then the difference is the way the form was made.
Form A and Form B were made differently, and as a result you cannot complete
one of them.

Adobe Reader is not the problem. The caveat is that Adobe Reader has a Text
Tool that must be selected before you can enter any text, but you cannot
save the result. You ought to be ab le to print the result, but I'm pretty
sure you cannot save it. Even if you select the Text Tool, the form
generation can be set so that you cannot select text or enter your own text.
The developer of such a form intends on you printing the form locally and
then filling it in with a pen or pencil.

Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> "Loony" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On 03/02/2012 21:38, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>
>>> "Loony" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to
>>>> fill out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled
>>>> forms. I was able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the
>>>> pages. Now, with the same program I can't write anything. I may have
>>>> accidentally made some change or Adobe may have made one.
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been
>>>> trying CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>> Whether or not you can fill in a form is not a function of the reader,
>>> it's a function of the way the form was created in the first place. Most
>>> forms require you to print the form locally, then fill it in and fax it
>>> back, or mail it. Of course, you can always scan it, and e-mail it
>>> back...
>>>
>>> PDF writers now accomodate the completion of the form online and the
>>> data is sent to the Webmaster for processing. This is not a function of
>>> the PDF reader you are using, it is a function of the webmaster's
>>> ability to actually create a form with Form Fields that collect the data
>>> that you enter. The program that you need to generate your own PDF forms
>>> is not usually found in the free applications arena. It is a part of the
>>> full-featured PDF generation applications.
>>
>> Thanks Jeff.
>>
>> Could you explain how it was that I was able to complete form about a
>> week ago with Adobe Reader and now I can't even dot an i.
>>
>
> Same form?
>
> If you could complete Form A a week ago, but cannot complete it now,
> then no, I have no explanation. If you completed Form A a week ago but
> cannot complete Form B today, then the difference is the way the form
> was made. Form A and Form B were made differently, and as a result you
> cannot complete one of them.
>
> Adobe Reader is not the problem. The caveat is that Adobe Reader has a
> Text Tool that must be selected before you can enter any text, but you
> cannot save the result. You ought to be ab le to print the result, but
> I'm pretty sure you cannot save it. Even if you select the Text Tool,
> the form generation can be set so that you cannot select text or enter
> your own text. The developer of such a form intends on you printing the
> form locally and then filling it in with a pen or pencil.
>

While the document in question is open in Adobe Acrobat, try
Fileocument Properties and then the Security tab. It'll tell
you a few things about is allowed and is not allowed, with a
particular form.

And just because you see "Filling of Forms: Allowed" doesn't
mean the thing is a form. It might be a quite ordinary read-only
document, with absolutely no form content at all. Those are
security settings - they don't actually tell you the
"type" of document, and what technologies are inside.
The Security settings just tell you whether the feature
is "permitted" or not.

Paul

On 05/02/2012 15:14, Alex Clayton wrote:
> On 2/3/2012 12:05 PM, Loony wrote:
>> A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to fill
>> out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled forms. I
>> was able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the pages. Now,
>> with the same program I can't write anything. I may have accidentally
>> made some change or Adobe may have made one.
>>
>> Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been trying
>> CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.
>>
>> TIA
>
>
> I have used the Foxit reader for years. The free version puts a note
> into the form in a blank spot but it works fine for me.
>

My thanks to all for your suggestions. I got so fed up of Adobe, I
dumped it completely.

I did much better when I got a recent PDF version called PDFXVwer.
However, the characters typed were a pale grey color, same as the older
version.

I used Photofiltre and was able to fill out the forms.

On 10/02/2012 20:47, Loony wrote:
> On 05/02/2012 15:14, Alex Clayton wrote:
>> On 2/3/2012 12:05 PM, Loony wrote:
>>> A week ago I downloaded Adobe Reader and I was surprised to able to fill
>>> out PDF forms. However, it would not let me print the filled forms. I
>>> was able to do alt + 'print screen' to capture and print the pages. Now,
>>> with the same program I can't write anything. I may have accidentally
>>> made some change or Adobe may have made one.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, what is the best and simplest, PDF writer? I have been trying
>>> CutePDF and PDF Creator with very little success.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>>
>> I have used the Foxit reader for years. The free version puts a note
>> into the form in a blank spot but it works fine for me.
>>
>
> My thanks to all for your suggestions. I got so fed up of Adobe, I
> dumped it completely.
>
> I did much better when I got a recent PDF version called PDFXVwer.
> However, the characters typed were a pale grey color, same as the older
> version.
>
> I used Photofiltre and was able to fill out the forms.

This is an embarrassment

I have seen an answer somewhere else about this and the suggestion was
that brightness/contrast would darken the text. I tried that and found
that the brightness/contrast changed the background only.