There really isn't much- the following includes instructions on how to layer on some text: http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/0612209
The problem is that PDF forms use JavaScript while PS doesn't and there is no really strong general-purpose PDF engine for Linux unless you cough up the cash. I also did my taxes online with Firefox. $20 and it's done. On Mar 19, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > > Is there FLOSS software that allows filling in and re-editing of PDF > forms? > > The IRS provides many of its tax forms as fill-in forms[1]. However, > if you use Adobe Acrobat you can't save the form as PDF. If you > "print" the form as PDF, you lose the form structure. That is, the > data is there, but you can't change it. Is there FLOSS software that > allows filling in and re-editing of PDF forms? Maybe Scribus? > > [1] http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=98121,00.html > [2] http://www.scribus.org.uk/ > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
