October 2010
Intermediate to advanced
132 pages
2h 36m
English
Filling out non-interactive PDF forms is more work than interactive forms—but not much more. With few exceptions, non-interactive forms only have two kinds of form element with which you need to deal: checkboxes and text entries.
The key to filling out a text entry on a non-interactive PDF is to put a text imprint over the text entry area (Figure 8-2).

Figure 8-2. Place a text imprint over a text entry area in a non-interactive PDF form
It only takes a couple of steps to create a text imprint and fill it out:
With the Text tool (Tools > Text), drag out a text imprint that fits over a text entry area ...