-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trying to save a "non-savable" Acrobat Doc

I ran into one of those type forms online, I t hink it was a resume type 
form or a request for transcripts or something, I tried to save it or copy 
it and got nowhere I think.

Christine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trying to save a "non-savable" Acrobat Doc


> Why not simply use the Snag It Software that is offered free to
> do this?  It's an earlier version but would work when the form
> is on a website.  Not sure if it would work for PDF but hey, it
> might cause the PDF is in your browser.
>
> SnagIt Download:
>
> http://www.talkbiznews.com/r/snagitdownload.html
>
>
> SnagIt Key:
>
> http://www.talkbiznews.com/r/snagitkey.html
>
>
> I downloaded it, got the key and it worked beautifully.
>
> Judith
> Learn how to make RSS Feeds Ez-ily
> Download FREE Flash & PDF Tutorial at:
> http://www.agoodread.com
>
> __________________
>
> HB,
>    If you downloaded it, the document is already on your hard
> drive and
> therefore, saved.  What's being limited is your ability to save
> your own
> answers within the document.  If it's important for you to have
> a record of
> your own answers to these questions, there is a workaround, but
> it's rather
> convoluted and requires additional software to accomplish.
>
>    Open up the PDF and answer all of the questions.  Next, take
> an ALT+PRT
> SCR screenshot of the open document, Paste it into Paint and use
> "Save as"
> to save it as a JPG file in My Documents (give it an easy name
> you can
> remember).  If the questions span longer than what shows in the
> window,
> scroll down and repeat as necessary to get the rest (add
> numbers, 2, 3, 4,
> etc. to the end of the same name you used above).  Once all
> questions &
> answers are showing in the saved JPGs, run an OCR app (Optical
> Character
> Recognition) on the image files to convert them back to text.
> Finally, open
> up a blank text file and Copy/Paste each of the results into
> this file to
> combine them, removing any duplicate info in the process.  In
> the end,
> you'll end up with a text version of the filled out document.
>
>    I never said it would be easy or simple.            :O)
>
> Peace,
> GMan
> http://reddit.com
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <HandsomeBlck@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:27 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Trying to save a "non-savable" Acrobat
> Doc
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>     I've downloaded a company employment application that
>> can't be saved.
>> You can only enter your data, print it, then you must exit
>> (save option is
>> not
>> allowed).
>>     Is there something I can do to remove the "non-savable"
>> setting? And
>> why
>> would a company make a document like this?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> HB
>
>
>
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