boblq wrote:
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 01:53 pm, Gus Wirth wrote:
boblq 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.
Use the Adobe Acrobat Reader directly from Adobe. They have a version
for Linux on x86 that can fill in forms. I have version 7.0 on my system
(Fedora Core 5) and it works great.
Gus
HMM ... I have Adobe Acrobat Reader v 7.0.1 and I cannot fill out the
form I have. I checked under the About Adobe Plugins and it claims to
have the Forms plugin installed.
When I go to save the original form (off the web site) I get a message that
says "This document does not allow you to save any changes unless you
are using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard or Professional ... etc "
I guess I don't have quite the right version.
I will check out Adobe and see if I have to buy something.
It's not a matter of version, it's a matter of creating the form
correctly in the first place. PDF documents must be created with the
notion of having fields to be filled in. Examples of these are the
Federal IRS tax forms which can be both filled in and saved. The
California Franchise Tax Board forms can be filled in but not saved
(bastards).
If you need to fill in the form but it doesn't have fields to be filled
in you might be able to hack it. You could edit the PDF file directly
and insert your text. You could try converting it to Postscript using
something like pdftops or Ghostscript and then editing that. Or maybe if
you ask whomever created the documents to send you an editable and
savable version they might be able to do that. As a last resort there is
always the printer and scanner. Send them as an attachment in TIFF format.
Gus
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