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Answer to frequently asked question: "I have a PDF
form. How do I fill it?"

1. If you have Acrobat Reader you can fill in a form
provided it has been made "fillable". Just move the
cursor over the form and it will turn into an
"I-beam" where you can type.

2. If you have the full Acrobat product ($249) you
can add text to any PDF file which is not protected.

Follow-on questions:

"Aren't all forms fillable? What do you mean fillable?"

A form is fillable if the creator of the form prepared
it specially, using Acrobat. Here are two PDF files for
you to compare, of an ever popular USA tax form:

Ordinary PDF, not fillable:
http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf

Fillable version of the same PDF:
http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-fill/f1040.pdf

"How can I tell if a form is fillable?"

You can only tell the difference by trying to fill the
form. There is no other reliable way to tell. If you
can't fill in that second file above, your copy of 
Acrobat Reader is too old or is broken.

"How do I save the filled-in form?"

If you have only Acrobat Reader, you don't. You can
print the form though. The full Acrobat product or
Acrobat Approval ($39) can save a partially filled form
and reload it later.


Aandi Inston