Hi Tim Thanks for the information, and I'll see if I can get it to work. I tried it a time or two, and I couldn't get it to work, so I guess I assumed it couldn't happen. See what happens. Regards Gigi
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Actually, I was reading some documentation the other day and it mentioned > that Preview works for editable PDFs. Open your document in Preview, select > Edit from within the ToolBar, then select the TextTool from within the Edit > ToolBar and you should be able to fill out pdf forms. I tried it on a form I > had here and it appeared to work fine. I have heard others on this list > complain loudly about Preview but it works fine for me. I usually press > cmd-2 to put it into "Single Page" mode and it works much better for me that > way. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-02-12, at 9:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Pam >> I have some unfortunate news here. This issue of editing good old PDF forms >> is an issue we have talked about before and will no doubt talk again until >> it is resolved. Unless you put Windows on your Mac and download Adobe >> Acrobat Reader to your computer, there is not yet a good way to do this on >> the Mac if you're blind. >> >> At someone's suggestion, I put PDFpen on my Mac, but it's partially >> inaccessible. You might as well join some of the rest of us in squawking >> about this. >> Regards, >> Gigi who still hates PDF files >> >> On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:50 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> I receive forms from my state periodically to re- determine my eligibility >>> for state funds. Does anyone know of an accessible means to reliably fill >>> out the paperwork on the computer, printed, and sign it? I can print it, I >>> can sign it. However filling out the forms is a major issue. I cannot read >>> snail mail. To my knowledge, Microsoft office, is not accessible on the >>> Mac. Not sure if their version of PDF, will work with the forms. Please >>> help? >>> >>> Pam Francis >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
