# Job App in PDF **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060 "2002-06-26T17:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/1 "2002-06-26T17:05:12Z")
Is there any way to edit this guy or am I expected to print it and scribble on it with my crayons? To much graphics to scan to Word, it makes it a picture. That Russian guy wrote an app, but we ain’t allowed to discuss illegal stuff here. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/2 "2002-06-26T17:14:33Z")
It’s not a print-out-and-fax-back deal? My most recent job app was like that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/3 "2002-06-26T17:35:52Z")
Who has a typewriter? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/4 "2002-06-26T17:45:27Z")
If you’re on a Mac, use the shareware Print2Pict driver and print to file. Then you can open and select and copy out all the text, paste it into another application, and fill it out. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/5 "2002-06-26T17:46:24Z")
Try clicking on the outlined “T” at the bottom of the left-hand toolbar. You might have some luck there, unless the PDF has been password-protected for editing. - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/6 "2002-06-26T17:58:13Z")
Who has a Mac? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/7 "2002-06-26T18:05:54Z")
To edit text in a PDF file, you need the full version of Adobe Acrobat, as opposed to the shareware (or is it freeware?) Acrobat Reader. With Acrobat, you can load in the PDF and then use the text select tool to make edits. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/8 "2002-06-26T18:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*To edit text in a PDF file, you need the full version of Adobe Acrobat, as opposed to the shareware (or is it freeware?) Acrobat Reader. > > With Acrobat, you can load in the PDF and then use the text select tool to make edits. \*\* Correct. I have the full version… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/9 "2002-06-26T18:28:29Z")
Apparently it is protected so that it can’t be changed. We have Adobe Acrobat 5.0. What kind of moron makes an application that you can’t edit? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/10 "2002-06-26T20:29:24Z")
The kind of moron that wants a hand-written printed copy, unfortunately. Seems pretty common. And irritating. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/11 "2002-06-26T20:56:48Z")
Adobe will tell you the security settings on the file. All you have to do is ask nicely. If that doesn’t work, go to File --\> Document Securty --\> Display Settings. Check out the Form Field Fill In and Signing. If that’s allowed, you’ll need to click in the field in order to complete it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/12 "2002-06-26T21:22:47Z")
Ha! “Free Text Tool”! Thanks, all. Form Fill In and Signing is allowed, but when I click the little hand makes an obscene gesture. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/13 "2002-06-27T00:28:52Z")
Acrobat has a text selection tool. You use that to copy text then copy to some word doc & add your own info. You can get PDF writer, its shareware probably at [download.com](http://download.com) Prints your doc as PDF. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-app-in-pdf/116060/14 "2002-06-27T00:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\* copy textsome word doc > & add your own info. > \*\* But the format isn’t retained, so it is no longer their application. The text function we found works well if it is laborious. Thanks again, all