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Frequent Asked Questions:

If you get problem, please first update PDFill to 6.0 and GhostScript to 8.63. You have free upgrade.

1. Problem When you buy PDFill PDF Editor

2. Problem during Download and Installation

3. Problem when opening a PDF file

4. Problem when editing PDF

5. Problem when saving the editing into a new PDF

Free Technical Support and Free Upgrade Forever: For PDFill 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 4.1 or 5.0 user, please uninstall PDFill, restart your computer, then download and  install PDFill PDF Editor 6.0. No need to enter your code again. We try our best to help you quickly resolve any technical issues with our products. You will always find an answer on this page, or get it from our support team in 24 hours. For faster response, please carefully follow the instructions below:

  • First, try to find answers in the user's guide and the online help section for each of the products.
  • Next, please visit the FAQs on this page.
  • Make sure you are using the newest version of the software.
  • If you failed to find the answer to your technical issue, submit your question using our email.
  • Again, please look at the FAQs first. If you cannot get a solution from FAQs, send an e-mail to support@PDFill.com. When reporting problems, please include the following information:

1. What version of Windows are you running?  For example, Windows 98, 2000, XP, or Vista.
2. If a dialog box with an error message was displayed, please include the full text of the dialog box, including the text in the title bar. You may also send an image by Screen Capture and Paste into Microsoft Word.
3. Please attach the original PDF file or your project PRL file.

  • We do not offer telephone support, however an engineer may contact you by phone with suggestions after receiving your technical support request.

1. Problem When you buy PDFill PDF Editor

I lost my code due to a computer crash. Do I need to buy the software again? PDFill will not resend you the code after 180 days from the day you buy PDFill PDF Editor.

If in 180 days, please tell us the exact email when you bought PDFill. Please provide the receipt emailed from Paypal or Digibuy. Or, you can also submit the scanned credit bill as evidence.  See the License Agreement.

But, you can get your code again if you give us some helpful advice. You can also give us some effort to help PDFill.

How to register PDFill PDF Editor? Please click here to see the steps to register PDFill PDF Editor.
Do I need to buy PDFill PDF&Image Writer or PDFill PDF Tools? No! PDFill PDF&Image Writer and PDFill PDF Tools are included inside the FREE trial version of PDFill PDF Editor. See the License Agreement.
Do I need a PayPal account to buy PDFill PDF Editor? No. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can STILL use your credit card.  To do so, please click the PayPal icon, then click the option "If you do not have a PayPal account".
I didn't get my registration code after I paid Check your email to make sure that the address you submitted is correct.  If it is correct, make sure that your filters aren't set to block emails from sale@pdfill.com. You can also try to use another email to ask for help. Please tell us your phone number so that the support engineer can call you back to solve the problem!       
Can I just buy one license to use PDFill PDF Editor for both  my home computer and my company computer? No. Your company and your home represent two users. You need to buy a copy of the software for each of them.    
Where is the registration form? Start PDFill PDF Editor again, if not registered, the Blue Form will show up when you save the editing into a new PDF. Click the button to enter the registration;
If you have open PDFill PDF Editor, click Menu Help =>Enter Registration Code. See how to register.
The registration code doesn't work.
 
Please copy and paste the first name, last name, email and registration number from the original email when you registered PDFill. See how to register.
The registration code is successful but it requires registration every time when PDFill Starts. Please upgrade to 6.0 or later. Please turn off any spyware on your computer, so the code can be successfully written into your registry.

2. Problem during Download and Installation

Problem to install PDFill Control Panel=>Folder Options=>File Types=>Select MSI=>Advanced=>Repair=>OK. Update Free Microsoft Windows Installer: Click here for Windows 98 or Me;  Click here for Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 OS. If you have msi installed but you cannot install msi file, please read this article to clean msi.
Problem to uninstall Older PDFill Versions 1) Turn off any anti-spyware or fireware.
2)  Start => Run => Enter  the command "regedit"
3) Manually Delete the key entris "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PlotSoft" and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlotSoft
A message that a cabinet file is corrupted and that file cabinet is required to install the program.
 
Clean all the Internet Temp Files:
1) Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools => Click on Internet Options
2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
3) You may also want to check the box "Delete all offline content"
4) Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files
5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.

You may need to turn off or uninstall Google and Yahoo Toolbars.

Problem to download Ghostscript by PDFill;
Server Error 12007
Manually download the Free GhostScript 8.63 from ww.PDFill.com
GhostScript Error: Failed to Copy F:\DOCUME~1\MyName\LOCALS~1\.. to c:\gs\gs8.14\lib\... Program install failed Your OS is on Drive F. Please select F:\gs\gs8.14 to install GhostScript.
Problem to download Sun Java 2 by PDFill;
Server Error 12007
Manually download the Free 7MB Sun Java 2 Virtual Machine from here
Win98 User Please update your windows from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com if you have problem.
How can I open PDF Files open inside Internet Explorer? Adobe Reader=> Edit => Preferences => Internet => Display PDF in Browser

3. Problem when opening a PDF file

PDFill can not read my PDF

Problem to Read all the PDF  Pages

This problem may be solved by installing the most updated GhostScript 8.63 from ww.PDFill.com

Open your PDF file by Adobe Reader and Print it using PDFill PDF&Image Writer to get a new PDF. Then, fill the new PDF.

PDFill is slow for  computer older than Pentium II 400 or less than 128 MB memory Please reduce Page Resolution to 75 or 100 dpi.  Select Menu Format > PDFill Options > Page Resolution. The PDF page inside PDFill may look not so clear. But, the saved PDF has no problem at all.

4. Problem when editing a PDF

When I fill form inside PDFill, the just filled field doesn't show after I move to another field. Click the Refresh Button on the view bar. If not work, please change the Font name to Arial or Times New Roman
Can I convert no-interactive paper form into the interactive automatically? No. Neither $19.99 PDFill nor $500 Adobe Acrobat Professional can  let you do that. You need to add interactive PDF form field one by one or type text into PDF like a typewriter.
How do I tie several Radio Buttons together so that one and only one is checked and one of them is required? Use the same form field name for this group of radio buttons but use different value for each button.
the PDF Page is rotated and can not be filled use Free PDFill PDF Tools to Rotate/Crop the pdf.
How can I adjust the margin of the PDF page? If you need more margin, please use Free PDFill PDF Tools to Reformat the PDF page. If you need less margin, please use the Rotate/Crop tool
PDFill crash sometimes Save the project file very often to avoid the data missing.
How can I fix the form so that the user can only fill the form fields? PDFill Options => Simple GUI for PDF Form Filler.
How can see the name of each form field? PDFill Options => Show Form Name.
Can PDFill edit the static text inside PDF? NO. You can only fill texts into the original PDF. You may need to use the Whiteout function to cover the original text and then type text over it.
We suggest that you keep your Word file for editing purpose. Then, you can always convert your Word document back into PDF using PDFill PDF Writer.

5. Problem when Saving the editing into a new PDF

When a large PDF file is saved, Error Message: Java out of Memory. From PDFill Options=>System=>Java Memory Size=>Select 512MB or more.

Sorry that “my.pdf” can not be filled by PDFill! Exception in thread “main” Java.Lang String Index Out Of Bounds Exception

Some Font name is empty and must be replaced by the most common fonts.
Install the most recent version.
Edit menu=> Change Text Object's Font Name=>
Select Times New Roman to replace all text fonts=> Click OK
Error Message: MacRoman [Could not load class: sun.io.ByteToCharMacRoman] From Menu Edit > Make Entire Original Text Fields Editable
Problem to Fill the PDF Form From Menu Edit > Delete all form fields, then type your text just like the old typewriter, then save your editing into a new PDF.
The filled data doesn't appear on the filled form.
The data is filled back into the original PDF file, but, it disappears after a few second. Or, the entire data is not filled into the form
Please try this first: From PDF Saving Options > Select "Flattening" to make all the Form Fields read-only>Apply Options.
If not working, please try this second: From Menu Edit > Make Entire Original Fields Editable
I  have the printed paper form. I only want to print the filling data and don't want to print the form again. Save PDF Options => Form Data Printing Only=>Apply Options
I don't like the font name, size or color inside the PDF Form fields. From Menu Edit > Make Current Original Form Field Editable
The Submit Form Button produces a error message box "Cannot handle content type: text/html" Please put your pdf form into your web sever instead of the local computer.
I can use PDFill to create the interactive Fill-in Form, can my client users fill and save the data using Adobe Reader? Please note that the new PDF form created by PDFill can be filled and printed using Adobe Reader. But, it cannot be saved using Adobe Reader.  The end user has to buy $19.99 PDFill PDF Editor or much more expensive Adobe Acrobat products in order to save. If you need to collect client user information, you can add  Submit Button to send the filled data to your web server. Please see this example. Or, you can ask the client user to download the included PDF Writer and then he can print the filled PDF into a new PDF file and email to you.
There is a watermark printed on
 every new PDF page after I register.
 
Please save your filling project into a PFL file before you buy PDFill. After you register PDFill, resume the saved PFL file and save it into a new PDF. The best way is to reopen your original PDF and fill again.
You can also reopen the original PDF inside PDFill, then Edit Menu=> Copy Edited Objects from Another Project: Copy the forms fields or other filled PDFill objected from another project.
The text style inside PDFill is different than that in the PDF Output. Note: Adobe Reader will use its default font for PDF Commenting Text. So, the text style inside PDFill will be different than that inside Adobe Reader.
To exactly control  the text style (font encode, font name, font size and font style) in the PDF output , please use the Single Line Text or Multiple Line Text. You can convert all the Commenting text into Multiple Line Text from Edit Menu.

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