Edit Text Fields in PDF Document

For most fields you could generate an FDF or XFDF and then launch it through a shellexec. You would then need to save the launched, resulting PDF with Acrobat standard or pro.
Alternatively, you could use Automation to run Javascript in the PDF from Excel and have a priviledged javascript to automate the save.

Jim Healy
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Jim,

Thanks for the reply. Are there any simpler methods? Perhaps not? Given the manner in what I am looking to do. I am not 100% literate in the Java script world. Anyway through VBA where I can like access the Adobe object and send the text to the fields from Excel cell references or ranges? Probably sounds a bit outrageous or impossible to do?

I only have the free download of the Adobe Reader so pretty limited there at the moment.

Any examples, should you have any, would be great.

Thanks!!

"Reader" is the operative word for the product, no commenting, no saving, no emailing, and no exporting unless special privileges are granted by the creator.

With version 9 Standard or one of the Professional variations or better, you can add fields, scripts
and special rights to perform certain functions. With a version 9 Standard or the Professional versions, one can add scripts to import/export to the FDF or XFDF file type or add a script to import/export to a tab delimited text file but there will be certain security restrictions that will require special files to be add to all users system. You could even create a new menu item or tool bar button to perform the imports and exports with Reader. More information is contained in the Acrobat JavaScript API Reference for the import/export as FDF, XFDF, and Text, the security restrictions, writing privileged functions, and adding menu and tool bar items.

You will not be able to do anything that will permanently affect the PDFs without at least Acrobat standard or some 3rd party library.

Jim Healy
FormRouter, Inc.
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