How do you change a PDF file so it is interactive (and allows you to fill in the blanks on a form)?

The company I work for provides us forms we must use in PDF format, but they have to printed in filled in with pen and ink. There must be an easier way!How do you change a PDF file so it is interactive (and allows you to fill in the blanks on a form)?
No, sorry. For you to change the file, you'd have to have the full-blown Adobe Acrobat applicaiton (usually around $500). When the files are constructed, there are methods to make them ';interactive'; when they are created, both to be ';saved as'; a different file or not saved just printed into hardcopy. The department that creates them needs to read their Adobe Acrobat manual for instructions on how to do this.How do you change a PDF file so it is interactive (and allows you to fill in the blanks on a form)?
I believe you need Adobe Acrobat 7 to make these forms. I've done them before. It's very useful (though pdf forms aren't my first choice).



Adobe Acrobat 7 has an entire toolbar for creating forms.
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you need to buy acrobat profesional. the free program is a read only program.
If you don't have any of the Adobe programs that will allow you to edit the form try this: At the top of the page there should be a row of buttons specific to Adobe. Click on the T button. This should allow you to highlight all the text in the form. You can then copy and paste into Word. It may need a little correction after you paste it but it works most of the time.
It isn't you or nothing. The company is making the PDF files wrong. They are saving them as something else but not a word document. When they save it as a word document, you will be able to fill in the blanks.