Is there a free PDF editing program somewhere?

[Imzadi]

I'm doing more freelance work & people keep sending me .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) contracts to fill out & then email back. Problem is, my free PDF / Adobe Reader program only lets me read the docs, copy from it, but NOT type in any info or make changes to the existing file.

I admit, I'm too cheap to buy the Adobe Acrobat program as I can also fax the filled in forms. Any FREE programs to fill out the forms so I can email them back?

 

[ducklite]

Adobe is highly proprietary about their software, so it's doubtful. I've never heard of one.

Anne

 

[wendy46001]

thats the thing with Adobe...you need to purchase to make changes...the free version is read only

 

[Galahad]

There are freeware programs to create PDF's. Perhaps you could copy the info from the PDF to a Word file and the edit it, and then "print" the Word file to a PDF using the freeware program. (Try CutePDF).

 

[Imzadi]

(Try CutePDF).

Thanks! On Google, all the other "free" PDF editting programs didn't turn out to be free after all.

 

[drakethib]

Try this one

http://www.dopdf.com/

 

[Barbossa]

Other ideas: Print the PDF, fill it out by hand, and scan back to a PDF (this is what I do with signed documents). Or print the PDF, scan to a photo file i.e. .jpg, and use a photo editor (not my first choice).

I have an older version of Adobe Acrobat (full, paid version), it's editing capabilities are somewhat limited (i.e. I can't enter random text).