Making changes to a PDF file

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3 total messages Started by Gordon_Anderson Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:37

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Author: Gordon_Anderson
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:37

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Is there a way to make a PDF file editable for clients to make changes? I am referring to images, but also text. I am assuming they would need to have the font that was used in order to make text changes. Is this correct?

Thanks.

Gordon

Re: Making changes to a PDF file

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Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:51

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The answer is "it depends." It depends on what content and to what degree you want to edit it.

Acrobat Professional has some limited support for "text touch-up" and of course, can call Illustrator or Photoshop to handle editing of vector and image data within the PDF file. There are also some third party plug-ins that provide further editability. In the case of text touch-up, yes, you must have the fonts in which the text is formatted installed on your system.

In general, PDF is storing content in its final format, not a file format for editable data. You should not expect to be able to move paragraphs around, reflow text, etc. Text touch-up is for emergency fixing of incorrect prices and comparable typos, for example.

The only real exception to this is the forms capability of PDF in which specific fields can be filled in, verified, and transmitted back to the sender.

- Dov

Re: Making changes to a PDF file

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Author: Gordon_Anderson
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:06

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Thanks Dov.

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