If you have the distiller program (the one that CREATES PDF files), you can create a Word document with fields in it, such as text fields. These can then be tagged in the PDF as fields the user can actually type in, so if you have a PDF file on the screen and wanted to type data into, say, an observations notes field, you could do so. I've done this before for clients I have worked with and it works great! You have control over the layout of the form, but the user can add data as needed for his own purposes, within the constraints of the fields you define in the distilling process. Richard Harshaw Cave Creek, AZ From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Argenziano Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 10:49 AM To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Lunar 100 List While this is certainly true, most folks are likely to only have the free Reader application. The other caveat is that the results one gets using this action are inconsistent and depend in large part on the formatting in the original document. Another variable is the permissions the PDF was built with. Peter Robert Parks wrote: If you have the Adobe Acrobat Standard that reads and creates PDF files, it can save a PDF file to multiple formats including Word DOC's.