Hi, my company uses a PDF to pass on our pricing and services to clients. Currently, the document comes to our graphics department to be edited. This happens often and is becoming a bottleneck. The changes are almost always in the pricing. Is it possible to link text/numbers to an outside source (excel spreadsheet) so that, when updated, the corresponding text in the PDF will reflect the changes? We have tried the MS Word/Excel solution, but due to fonts, print drivers, etc... the document does not maintain its brand compliance.
What programs do you have available? Just Acrobat or also InDesign or AEM Forms Designer? There are a couple of ways creating "dynamic forms". Depending on you software you'll have more or less flexibility.
Thank you for the reply. I have Creative Cloud with all apps at my disposal. Ideally, the workflow would allow the Sales Team/Ownership to update a common document format (Word, Excel, Plain Text) that would update the branded/designed PDF.
I'm not sure why you are looking to update the PDF. I don't mean it isn't a reasonable wish, but there is almost certainly a better way to do this. Editing PDF is a time waster, a desperate last resort (as you've found).
So, what format is the ORIGINAL of this PDF (for example, Word document, InDesign document...) And why not just update that file and re-make the PDF. Not sure what you mean by fonts, print drivers etc. so please give details (there are many real obstacles but usually a way around them).
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