{"id":191,"date":"2021-01-22T00:06:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T00:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/acplearnonline\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:14:45","slug":"working-with-pdfs-for-forms-and-assignments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/acplearnonline\/computer-help\/working-with-pdfs-for-forms-and-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with PDFs for Forms and Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In order to fill in a form or edit a PDF using Adobe Reader, you will need <strong>Adobe Acrobat Reader DC<\/strong>. This program is sometimes called \u201cAdobe Reader\u201d, \u201cAcrobat Reader\u201d, or just \u201cReader\u201d depending on the person you are talking to. <strong>Adobe Acrobat Reader DC<\/strong> is a free program, which you can download from Adobe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.com\/reader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/adobe.com\/reader<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: You <strong>do not<\/strong> need to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. That program is only free for a 7 day trial and is very expensive when the trial is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editing a PDF &#8211; Adding words, circles, highlighting, and underlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the video below, or download a how-to document here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/acplearnonline\/files\/2021\/01\/Editing-a-PDF-Using-Adobe-Reader.pdf\">Editing a PDF Using Adobe Reader<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/acplearnonline\/files\/2021\/01\/Editing-a-PDF-Using-Adobe-Reader.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"how to edit a PDF using Adobe Reader\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/viu.video.yuja.com\/V\/Video?v=1159503&#038;node=6428934&#038;a=136522641\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video not loading? Open in a new tab or window: <a href=\"https:\/\/viu.video.yuja.com\/V\/Video?v=1159503&amp;node=6428934&amp;a=136522641\">https:\/\/viu.video.yuja.com\/V\/Video?v=1159503&amp;node=6428934&amp;a=136522641<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Filling in a PDF Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the video below, or download a how-to document here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/acplearnonline\/files\/2021\/01\/Filling-In-PDF-Forms.pdf\">Filling In PDF Forms<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/acplearnonline\/files\/2021\/01\/Filling-In-PDF-Forms.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"how to fill in a PDF form using Adobe reader\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/viu.video.yuja.com\/V\/Video?v=1157830&#038;node=6423666&#038;a=118747147\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video not loading? 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