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From: L Snider
Date: Aug 10, 2018 10:11AM

Hi Joseph,

By header, do you mean the header (footer/header) or the top of the
document? Will the students know the college is sending these to them? I
assume so, but wasn't sure.

Cheers

Lisa

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 4:52 PM, Joseph Sherman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on a PDF form for our central office to send to our 25
> colleges for students to fill out. I'm converting from a Word file, and
> then needing to do extensive remediation.
> Everything is going fine, except one thing. In the header of the document,
> we need to be able to change the College Name and Address for each school.
> When I try to edit the PDF where College Name and Address are, it messes up
> the spacing and moves other text around. Is there any way to get this to
> work without having to create 25 Word files, then convert and remediate
> each form- which would take days.
>
> The only thing I can think of is to make College Name and Address fillable
> fields- is there a way to fill out and lock those two fields when posting
> the form for students to fill out?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Joseph
>
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