> A PDF file is really text inside,

true... but pdf accounts for every bit in the file, and changes will cause
the file to not open many times.

> if you just need to change a few
> parts of the file, like their name + account number or something,
> but the rest of the document stays the same, you can create the PDF
> and then open it and do a search and replace for your place holder
> (like --NAME-HERE--).

My experieince has been rather poor with this technique, and is likely not
recommended forything other than very simple pdf files.

This works best if there is nothing else on
> the same line after the text you are replacing, the different sizes
> of replacement strings may mess up what comes later.

....exactly the problem........

www.activePDF.com has server side tools to assist with this - reasonable.
For those benefiting from the FREE OS - www.digapp.com - an non free
solution for your free OS.  or www.pdflib.com   lots a work tho'

Steve


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