well, that's interesting.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is typically synonymous with "unedittable format" as many programs (ie distillers) save-as or export as PDF so that when it is shared with others, it cannot be tampered.
Saying that, there are SOME PDFs with embedded forms (e.g. your tax forms) that you may edit SOME regions, but the document itself is in-tact.
Some programs will let you modify the PDF as if it were an image. For example, Adobe Photoshop CSx will allow you to import the entire PDF as an image and then you may "write" or "edit" the image.... this, however, does NOT work on the TEXT of the document.
Even with Adobe Acrobat Professional (the typical PDF editting suite), you will not be able to edit the text regions of a published PDF.
So... don't count on it.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is typically synonymous with "unedittable format" as many programs (ie distillers) save-as or export as PDF so that when it is shared with others, it cannot be tampered.
Saying that, there are SOME PDFs with embedded forms (e.g. your tax forms) that you may edit SOME regions, but the document itself is in-tact.
Some programs will let you modify the PDF as if it were an image. For example, Adobe Photoshop CSx will allow you to import the entire PDF as an image and then you may "write" or "edit" the image.... this, however, does NOT work on the TEXT of the document.
Even with Adobe Acrobat Professional (the typical PDF editting suite), you will not be able to edit the text regions of a published PDF.
So... don't count on it.
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