Adobe Acrobat Reader DC will not allow me to save, export, or create PDF?

summerjfmamjjasond  wrote I had my university send me my transcript, which I downloaded through a link they emailed me. I need to upload my transcript to an online application.

Your transcript has security settings so that it cannot be altered, which make sense. As others have said, the Reader is free and there is no trial.

What you want to do with your transcript is to download it and move it to a folder on your computer that is appropriate. You will need to send the entire PDF as it is without changes to the application. What are the instructions on the application? Is there a place where it says to select an attachment?

~ Jane

Also, there is no free trial of Acrobat Reader because it is just, well, free. So, not a trial. Runs forever but doesn't create or edit PDFs.

The free Reader doesn't allow for exporting pdf's and such. For that you could either use the full paid-for version of Acrobat (which is probably what the people that are uploading transcripts are using) to fill and save forms plus export them or if you just need to export and a few other things, you could get a subscription to Export PDF which will tie into Reader (and activate those options).

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