<p>Although I am submitting my common app online, one of my teachers wants for me to fill out his basic information pages for him on the PDF. Do I have to handwrite this or is there a way for me to type onto the PDF?</p>
<p>People have mentioned writing with a PDF editor, but I'm not sure what that is, and I'd really like to know!</p>
<p>i tried typing onto the pdf document but couldn't. i ended up printing it in the end and writing it nicely.</p>
<p>As a HS AP teacher, I write many recs per year, and most kids just neatly print the info onto the common app teacher rec form, and there aren't any problems. These kids have been accepted by ivies and many other selective schools. Don't worry!</p>
<p>Search for PDFill in google. It is a 20 shareware product. You can try it without buying it, but you cannot print a useable copy.</p>
<p>Open a PDF, and save it to disk. Then open it with PDFill. It converts it to something that PDFill can change. There are two way sof adding text. One way is to create text boxes, which then can receive info (*). The other way is even easier. You just click at where you want to start typing, and then type. </p>
<p>I tried several different PDF editors - almost all will let you try them for free, but not create a printabe document. Search on "PDF Editors" Expect to pay between 20 - 400</p>
<p>I hope this is helpful.</p>
<p>Laura</p>
<p>(*) Someone civic minding could take some of the standard PDFs - and import them into PDFill. Creeate textboxes for all fields. Write the document out as a new PDF. Open the document using the free version of Adobe. Click on the button on the top right hand corner that says something like "highlight fields" All those text boxes you created will be highlighed and data can be entered via Adobe. These forms can be printed, but not saved. Give this file to anyone you know who has to fill out the form. If they can fill it out and print it without needing to save it.</p>
<p>If you have already filled out the basic info section on the Common App, and then go to print out the school forms (for recommendations and counselor's report) your portion of the form should appear already filled out. If it doesn't, then either you haven't actually logged in or started your Common App.</p>
<p>You should be able to type directly onto the pdf. As mentioned before, make sure you are logged on. It might take a few tries putting your cursor in the right place for the text box to show up.</p>
<p>raffles - not entirely true. If the document was created with a textbox, then that works. By no means do all PDFs have textboxes where you would expect them.</p>
<p>on the bottom of the common app forms page there is a way to download forms into word documents....if you have a MAC, they will format properly..If you are using a PC, you may have to re-format using the program listed...Hope that helps....</p>
<p>I didn't mean all pdfs I was just referring to the comonapp. I was able to type onto it. Unfortunately, I don't remember if I did it on a mac or pc computer.</p>
<p>Save the blank PDF doc and then open the PDF document in Photoshop. You can type wherever you want with the Type tool. Then you can save it as a photoshop doc or print it.</p>