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Most printable pages inside The Organization Toolbox are considered FILLABLE via text boxes that you can click into and change the typing.

NOTE: Not every single heading and title feature fillable text boxes and therefor cannot be changed; however, all open/blank spaces can be typed into.

NOTE: It is highly recommended that you use Adobe Acrobat Reader. Although other PDF readers may work (e.g., Preview on Macs), the formatting and fillable text boxes work best using Adobe products.

How to Type In Your Own Text Into the Printables

1. Do not open the files in an Internet browser from an email link or download screen. Instead, download the files directly to your device and save in your prefered location.
2. Open your printable kit in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
3. All of the fillable fields are shown via light blue boxes. Simply click into a blue box and type in your desired text. If there is no light blue box on a specific text/line, then that text/line cannot be changed.
4. Save the PDF with your added text for future use.

Each text box is pre-formatted to populate text in a specific size, font, color, and alignment. These specifications cannot be changed.

You may use both lowercase and capital letters as you prefer.

If the font does not appear to be populating correctly, ensure you have the correct fonts installed on your computer. The correct fonts can be found on the kit’s cover page.

NOTE: The light blue text fields do not print, so you can leave any and all fields blank as necessary.

If the page is designed in landscape layout, the text boxes are formatted to rotate and print correctly. To edit these pages more easily:

• Click View > Rotate Counterclockwise in the upper toolbar of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Now the page will be orientated so you can easily add your text without craning your neck.
• Watch this tutorial for more help.

Here are some additional tutorials to help you with adding text into your files

• Video: How to Edit Any Printable
• Video: How to Use the Student Planner Stickers
• Video: How to Edit the Moving Box Labels
• Video: How to Edit the Chore Charts
• Video: Customizing the Categories of the Recipe Binder
• Video: How to Edit the Magnetic Menu Board Files
• Video: How to Edit the Binder Coves & Spines
• How to Install New Fonts on Your Computer

What are these blue boxes all over the printables?

The blue boxes represent fillable text fields. Meaning, anywhere there is a blue box, you can click and type in your own text. If you don’t want to type in your own text, don’t worry; the blue boxes don’t print. So just print out the pages as you normally would and fill them out by hand.

Can I change the text already typed into the printables?

For a majority of the printable kits in The Toolbox, fillable fields are only available on blank lines and spaces where you would write in your own information. As such, most of the words on the printables are set and cannot be changed.

Some kits, like the Recipe Organization Kit, Moving Box Labels, Binder Covers, Magnetic Menu Board, Packing Lists, etc feature fillable titles and categories so they can be easily changed to your liking.

I can't get my full words to fit inside the available text box.

Each fillable text box is only so big, and each one is set not to allow overflow typing for printing purposes. For areas with multiple lines, you will just need to “tab” down to the next line and keep typing. For single-line entries, you will need to abbreviate or shorten your words in order to get them to fit into the pre-sized box.

I can't change the font or color of the text fields.

Yes, that is correct. In order to make the forms fillable, each and every text box has to be given specific text settings, including font, size, and color. As such, these specifications automatically populate when you type in the boxes and cannot be changed.

I'm a Mac user and am using Preview to open and edit the printables. Why does all the text look funny?

Preview is a wonderful and convenient program to view and print your printables. But if you want to add text into the fillable text boxes, it is recommended that you download Adobe Acrobat Reader (for free) instead.