How can I make a pdf file that I received in my email fillable? It is a job application and Id like it to look nice. I have Office 2003 Professional and Adobe Reader 8.0

You can't with what you have. What you need is a utility like OmniForm which can scan a document and make it into a fillable form.

You might also look into PaperPort. It comes with a FormTyper utility that does a similar thing.

The full version of Acrobat will work as well. You don't have to turn it into a true form though.
Just Annotate with a text tool if you just have to do it once.

There is an app that can do that now, it's called Able2Extract - it will convert your pdf file to a word doc so you can edit through word

Convert PDF to Excel, Word with Able2Extract PDF Converter. Free Trial. Able2Extract (http://www.investintech.com/able2extract.html)

there is an app that can do that now, it's called Able2Extract - it will convert your pdf file to a word doc so you can edit through word

Convert PDF to Excel, Word with Able2Extract PDF Converter. Free Trial. Able2Extract (http://www.investintech.com/able2extract.html)

Have you tried it? Its my experience that such apps don't work well with heavily formatted documents like forms.

I tried it when I first got it as a must have app to make sure it was worth the time and the PDF that I had tried worked fine - once converted it opened office word with the editabel document and then I was able to save as pdf, word etc//
I did not try a Huge pdf file, but at first look and experience it worked nicely

What was the document you converted like? I'm sure it works fine on a plain letter but a form is a different matter with a lot of lines, spacing issues, different fonts, etc. Its not the size of the PDF that matters its the way its formatted. I've used Nuance PDF Converter and it does a great job with straight text, but when you through in a lot of formatting, it loses it.

Since the OP is dealing with a job application it really needs to look EXACTLY like the paper application. That's why I think using a utility like Form Typer, which adds a layer on top of the scanned form or PDF for the typed in text,is a better option.

I suppose Omni page would be the best bet in this situation, lots of good points to consider when chooing one that will work for a particular situation. Ominpage has worked well also for myself

How can I make a pdf file that I received in my email fillable? It is a job application and Id like it to look nice. I have Office 2003 Professional and Adobe Reader 8.0
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