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diane0
Registered: Sep 18 2007
Posts: 2

how do you create fillable text boxes

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 8.0999999999999996447286321199499070644378662109375, Windows
tplumer
Expert
Registered: Dec 1 2005
Posts: 122
You can use the Acrobat Forms tools in Acrobat 8 Professional. Tools: Forms: Text Field tool.

If you want a Reader user to be able to add text and save the PDF, you will will need to "energize" the PDF using Advanced: Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader.

Tim

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