My experience is that fillable PDFs can only be filled out in Acrobat 
Reader. When I've tried opening them in Word, a lot of the fillable 
parts don't display correctly in Word, even when they appear to have 
been created correctly in Adobe.


Fillable PDF forms are frustrating. Mileage definitely varies. Even when 
the forms are done right, which is not very often, filling them out in 
Adobe is slow and clunky.



On 1/19/2020 6:42 AM, Steve Hoad wrote:
> Here's a follow-up question on downloading PDF using MSWord:
>   If I download a "fillable form PDF" am I able to fill out the form
> appropriately enough to return it completed to the sender?  I've
> noticed that registrations and various account change requests are
> using PDF fillable forms and they are not accessible in many
> instances.
>   Thanks for any info:
>
> On 1/18/20, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> If you have a newer version of MS Word, you can just open your PDFs with
>> that. I know this works in Word 2016 and 2019. I think it also works in
>> Word 2013 though I'm not sure. Just launch Word and open the PDF as if
>> it were a Word document. Before the file loads, you get a dialog that
>> says results may not be perfect or something to that effect. Press enter
>> on OK, and let the file finish loading.
>>
>>
>> Obviously, as with any PDF, results depend on how the file was prepared.
>> As we all know, some PDFs are all or mostly all images and graphics,
>> even of text, so our screen readers can't really deal with them. Other
>> PDFs are prepared in nonstandard ways, so again, partial or complete
>> screen reader incompatibility ensues. In both of these types of cases,
>> Word also has trouble and produces inferior results.
>>
>>
>> On 1/18/2020 7:00 AM, Samson Perera wrote:
>>> Hi Robert,
>>> search for "web ie browser for blind"  there you will find a calendar
>>> and Pdf reader along with the browser. I use it and its quite Ok.
>>> regds
>>> Samson
>>>
>>> On 1/18/20, Robert Sollars <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> I had the name of a free program to convert pdf's to documents and I've
>>>> lost
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> I searched for 2 hours trying to find it and it just simply isn't there
>>>> any
>>>> more.sigh.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please send me the name of or link to a free version of a
>>>> converter?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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