Editing a PDF

hellarda · 26 Mar 2012 at 17:29

Hi all,

For my Music Tech AS Coursework, I have to do a logbook, now they have provided it in PDF format and I really don't want to have to write it all out as my handwriting is shocking and its a lot easier to type it.

So How can make the PDF editable so that I can type on the lines?

Cheers

Ali

Philtor · 26 Mar 2012 at 22:01

I would try converting it to a word document using PDF to Word. Might be easier than trying to edit the actual PDF.

radderfire · 26 Mar 2012 at 22:06

hellarda said:
So How can make the PDF editable so that I can type on the lines?

.pdf aren't really designed to be editable. Edits can be done if you have Adobe Acrobat Professional (expensive), but even then, it can get unwieldy and fiddly, and I would not really recommend it.

Rgds

Makhaira · 26 Mar 2012 at 22:23

Personally I'd say write it, for a multitude of reasons...

1) Lots of areas of work require keeping logbooks, it's a good skill to have practised
2) If your handwriting is shocking, it's not going to improve if you don't make an effort...
3) Logbooks are handy because you can scribble in them at a moment's notice, not so easy if you need a computer!

cats_five · 27 Mar 2012 at 17:48

IMHO logbooks are a PITA as you can't use search facilities on them. It's also easier to annotate computerised logbooks IMHO - you can have clickable links, pictures, indexes that update, and many other lovely features.

I would look at using OneNote which is very flexible.