How to Add Text to a PDF That Doesn't Allow Editing
Here's a common hassle: You receive a PDF with form data that needs filling in, but the PDF was created without the necessary administrative rights. In other words, Adobe Reader won't let you add text.
What you need is a program that's a little more accommodating, PDF-wise. Try Foxit Reader 4.3, which allows you to add text to any PDF.
After installing the program, simply open your PDF in Foxit instead of Adobe Reader, then click Comments, Typewriter Tools, Typewriter Tool. Now just click wherever you want to add text and start typing. When you're done, you can save, print, or e-mail your marked-up document.
By the way, when you first run Foxit, it'll ask if you want to make it the default PDF viewer on your system. You might want to do just that, as the program is smaller and faster than Adobe Reader, and offers additional markup tools that Reader doesn't (again, solely for PDFs that normally don't allow markup).
The program is free, but be sure to "decline" the Ask.com toolbar that it tries to sneak in during installation.
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