Hi, Steve, Well, I cheated. I just asked my web developer to create a fillable PDF form for me. My plan had been to try and create it in Word, which in many ways would have been my preference, but I changed my mind due to the concern you mention about Mac users who don't have Word installed, because I wasn't sure how Pages would handle it. I would love to see a good option for this on the Mac. Cheers, Donna On Jul 25, 2014, at 4:36 AM, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I hope this discussion can continue on the list because I have similar > questions. I keep hearing sighted people rave about PDF Pen but I thought > that was still inaccessible to VO users. I looked around AppleVis for PDF Pen > references and could not find a thing. > > When I used to use Word for Windows to build forms it wasn't too bad. I had > to show the forms tool bar and there were buttons for each form widget. I > just made sure to populate the help tags on all elements I put in the form > and when the document was protected, you could tab from field to field and > the help text would be automatically spoken by my screen reader. I was using > Window-Eyes at the time. > > I'm wondering how accessible that process would be with newer versions of > Office and especially on iOS or the Mac when that comes out. > > Problem with my suggestion so far is without a good working version of Word > on a Mac, a Mac user wouldn't be able to use your form. I also wonder what > would happen if you exported a form created in Word as I previously described > into PDF format. But going back full circle, I don't think we have an > accessible way to fill PDF forms on the Mac yet. > > This is an interesting subject indeed. > > On Jul 17, 2014, at 4:45 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, eileen, >> >> That's exactly what I'm trying to do. But when I tried to figure out how to >> do it in Word, it looked complicated, so I wondered if there was an easier >> way to do it on the Mac. sounds like there isn't. If you know anything >> about creating forms on the Windows side, I'd love to chat off list, you can >> write me at [email protected]. >> Thanks, >> Donna >> On Jul 17, 2014, at 12:21 AM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> Are you needing to create a form with edit fields, checkboxes, drop down >>> combo boxes? I haven't tried this yet, but if you have office running on >>> the Windows side and saved it as a DOCX file/template, wouldn't it open in >>> TextEdit or in another processing app on the Mac side and have the >>> individual be able to fill in the information? Since I'm not an advance >>> user of the Mac OS and all of the possibilities that an app on the Mac side >>> would be able to work in this matter. I'll try to create a small test form >>> and see if I can open it up on the Mac side and post when I get some idea >>> if it will work. I'm curious myself if this will solve one issue for me, as >>> I use a template form DOCX in my work to streamline it and use my time more >>> efficiently. Also,are you permitted to use digital signatures? >>> >>> Best, >>> Eileen >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Tim, >>>> >>>> thanks. I'm actually not looking for a survey type form, but something >>>> that clients can complete, digitally sign, and return to me. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Donna >>>>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> It depends on what you're going to use the form for and how you like the >>>>> input to be reported back to you. If it's something like a survey or >>>>> questionnaire where you don't mind the results being returned in a >>>>> spreadsheet, then a Google Form is my best suggestion. If you have a >>>>> Gmail account, then you have access to Google Forms as part of the Google >>>>> Apps suite. I thought I read somewhere that you can use Google Forms in >>>>> another fashion as well where the form and response are kept together but >>>>> I haven't figured out how to do that yet, or maybe I'm just mistaken. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 16, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm wondering if there's a way to create fillable forms on the Mac. I >>>>>> like the form to be able to be filled out by both Mac and Windows users, >>>>>> so it would need to be in a format that could be opened on a PC. 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