Colouring school timetable in edit pdf

[captmanoj]

Hi

I wish to insert different colours in text boxes. How do I do it? Would appreciate your help.

Regards

Manoj

[Test Screen Name]

Not really practical. If it's your own copy of the school timetable consider the highlighter Tool.

[captmanoj]

I do not want to hilghlighten I want to fill the full box with different colours depending on parameter such as subject.

[try67]

What do you mean by "text boxes", exactly? This can mean one of at least three different things in a PDF file.

[captmanoj]

Hi,

You must have seen school and college timetables they have little boxes contain details like subject, tutor and room number. To distinguish the table I would like to colour code them by filling the boxes with light colours. Wonder how to do it?

[try67]

I understand what you want to achieve. My question was how are you setting it up? If you want to know what is the best way to achieve it, I would say by using form fields, especially text fields.

[Test Screen Name]

Key question: is this a timetable you are designing yourself, making in Acrobat and/or other apps; or is it the school's timetable that you've been given and want to make better?

[captmanoj]

It is a school timetable That I have got as a pdf file that I want to colour code. Thanks for your patience 🙂

[Test Screen Name]

Ok, in that case I restate my original reply. I fully understand what you want to do, but it isn't something Acrobat is made for. It's a very basic editor indeed.

[captmanoj]

So, what's the solution to what I wish to achieve? Export to word and then use word's fill in capability?

[try67]

That's one option, but I still think you can do it in Acrobat by adding form fields to it. You'll only need to do it once and then you'll be able to use and re-use it many times, assuming the layout doesn't change that often.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

If this is something you absolutely need to do, and there is no way to get a non-PDF file to perform this task, and exporting to Word does not give you the correct results, I would try to open the file in Adobe Illustrator, and then use it's fill function. This should be your last resort: Illustrator is not a PDF editor and it will in the process of editing destroy it's original features. It may not work at all, but again, this should really be the last thing you try. After you've done that, forget that Illustrator can open some PDF files, because it should never (NEVER!!!) be used to edit PDF files.

[captmanoj]

Thank you for the tip Karl, I unfortunately don't have adobe illustrator. Each adobe product is so expensive to own. AS such I use the Adobe DC at work place. Cheers!

[Test Screen Name]

The Word thing might work but I wouldn't be hopeful that this is possible at all. This sort of thing should be done when it is designed, and what they've given you is pretty much a finished piece of paper.