People of the BBS help! My last chance... (PDF documents)

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  1. fir

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    Did some work from home last night, filling in a funding application form for one of the groups I work with. The form was in PDF, type in the answers version.

    Did as much as I could without being in the office, so saved to my laptop, and e mailed to my work.

    When I've opened the saved document, none of the stuff I typed in is there, just a blank PDF.

    Is this work lost forever? :-(

    Just the two hours wasted, if so....

    Please tell me I can recover this work using a different reader, or something (clutches at straws). And yes, I definitely saved it.
     
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    The missus says you cant save or type into PDF file unless you have the software for it ...Missus also says you cant edit it.. only way is to have it sent in word form ...hope this helps
     
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    This doesn't help but I filled in a PDF recently using the "Fill and Sign" feature in Acrobat Reader DC version 2017.12.20098 - the free version on Windows 10. It works with any PDF, not just a form one like you described, and I had several goes at it, saving it over and over again. Apparently it even works with scanned documents, although I've not tried that. Did you by any chance print out your PDF before saving it?

    It sounds pretty terminal to me, but if you email me the document (depending on its confidentiality) I'll mess with it and see if there's anything there.
     
  4. fir

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    Cheers! Thing is I have used this particular funder loads of times before and have never had any problems filling in using the document that they supply and then saving - something must have changed.

    Anyway, blank PDF on its way.
     
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    Could it be saved to your temporary internet files on your computer? I've done that before, opened and edited a document online, clicked 'save' rather than 'save as' and then not been able to access the saved changes on a different computer. I'd do a search for the file name on whichever computer you edited it on.
     
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    Very good point!
     
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    Thanks for the suggestion, but no. :-( The document is "saved" under the name I gave it, and in the file I put it in. Unfortunately the contents of the form are not there. I suspect that it's something to do with the version of Adobe not being up to date, which just about sums up the laptop that work have given me. Looks like I'm going to have to do it all again. :-(
     
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    When you get home, fill a clean bucket with a good wine, drink it, have a good night's coma, then start again with the PDF tomorrow.
     
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    Did you do it on Mac or Windows? If on Mac it's best not to use Preview as it causes the fields to look blank. Have you tried clicking inside a cell as sometimes that can show the data until you click out of it.
     
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    You can type onto a pdf through acrobat reader - maybe too late but might be useful at a later date. Sorry

    1. Open the PDF in Adobe Reader and choose Tools > Typewriter to access the Typewriter tool.
    2. Use the Typewriter tool to type characters on top of the PDF content.
     

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