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  1. Click ‘Get Form’ to open the document in the editor.
  2. Look for the purple document message bar at the top of the PDF. This bar indicates whether there are fillable fields available.
  3. Click on 'Highlight Fields' in the message bar to visually identify any interactive areas within the PDF.
  4. Use the Hand tool to hover over sections that appear to be fields. If your cursor changes to an I-beam or text cursor, you can click and type in that area.
  5. If no fields are highlighted, it indicates that the PDF is flattened and not fillable. To create fillable forms, consider using dedicated software like Adobe Acrobat.

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You can verify if a PDF is already flattened by opening it in a PDF viewer and checking if the document properties allow editing.
Method 2. Compare with Its Copy of the Original File Open the PDF file that you want to check and the copy of its original file on your computer. Put them on the right and left of your screen. Compare their content carefully. If there is anything different, you can be sure that the PDF file has been edited before.
When you flatten a PDF you combine all of the contents into just one single layer. The process is fairly simple but before you start, make sure youve saved a copy of the original PDF file. Once youve flattened a PDF, the original will no longer be editable.
Open the PDF in docHub Reader and if the file is a layered PDF you should see in the left-hand side a layer icon. You can click on the icon to see the various layers. You can click on the eye icon to turn the various layers on and off.
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