Use The Gimp (Windows or Linux edition) to turn the PDF into a graphic file - note that you need to set the resolution to at least 300dpi on import if you want it to look OK later printed out. Do your editing as text within a graphic file, using the graphic tool of your choice. Save it back out as a graphic, import that as a one-page graphic into OpenOffice, re-write it as a PDF from there. Jim On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Tim Bogart wrote: > All, > I have been asked to provide information as part of a job application.  In > the first part of the process, this was done on the web.  Now in this next > phase, I have been asked to provide information by filling out forms.  They > would prefer to have an electronic version of this data.  Unfortunately, > they have sent me a document in .PDF file format.  As we all have known for > 20 years or more, these files are normally set to disallow editing, as this > one is.  I'm familiar with pdf2txt and the rest of the manual tools.  I > could go to the local service bureau and print out twenty of them, but I > don't want to spend three days doing this.  Open office doesn't seem to be > able to open a pdf formatted file.  Does anybody know of a free (as in beer > or freedom) application that runs on windoze that will allow me to edit this > file?  I tried something called "Foxit" but it doesn't work as advertised. >  You can't edit text with it.  It acts simply as a viewer.  Does anybody > have personal experience with something that's free that actually works? > TIA, > -- Tim B. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss