On Tuesday 30 May 2006 02:12 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 5/30/06, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5/30/06, boblq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does any one have a decent way to fill in a PDF form? > > > > > > I use nothing but Linux now and have some forms I need > > > to fill out then submit as pdf back to the source of the forms. > > > > > > I was unable to import the forms into OO > > > I tried pdftk but found it a bit cryptic to say the least ... > > > > > > I suppose I could figure this out sooner or later but I wonder > > > how others of you do it. > > > > For a PDF form to be fill-in-able it has to be created that way at its > > source. I have used Acrobat Reader (proprietary code, free download) > > to fill in PDF forms that came from financial institutions. You can't > > save the modified PDF but you can print it to a PostScript file. > > > > The O'Reilly book _PDF Hacks_ has some words on the subject, but I > > think that fundamentally you need the whole Acrobat package to do > > more. > > Note -- everybody else says that you can fill in PDF forms with > AcroRead. But nobody says that you can't do anything with the > filled-in form except print it. > > Do you really need to send back modified PDF? > > carl > -- > carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wanted to send it back as an easy way of doing things. But as it is I cannot even fill it out. So at the moment the sending vs printing is a moot point. The "Standard" version is $299 which is something the CB in me won't go for. Maybe I will just print the form, fill it out, and FAX it. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
