The last couple of versions of Acrobat (6.0 & 7.0, I believe) have support for forms with areas that can be filled in by the user. It's also possible to re-save the form with those same areas filled in (if the original document creator desires). That's all just using the (free) Acrobat reader. The original form needs to be created using the full Acrobat product, of course, but the end user only needs the reader.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 07:39:35AM +0100, Ronald Arvidsson wrote: > Hi Ann, > > I I guess one needs Acrobat and not an acroba reader for putting stuff > into a pdf file. Readers are just readers and in say acroread you can > put text in text fields but text cannot be saved. For saving text one > needs an acrobat editor like acrobat. The ordinary acroread wont do. The > question is which wordprocessors/other programs can edit a pdf file? > > Cheers, > > Ronald > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >Don Sanderson wrote: > > > > > >>Ann, I make a living coaching people in how to > >>avoid viruses, malicious software, etc. > >>And most of all how to keep things _simple_. > >>I wouldn't recommend a piece of software, or a > >>web site, unless I had used it myself and found > >>it safe, reliable, functional and useful. > >>Only then is it good enough for my customers. > >>Or my friends. > >>Been at it for 30+ years, no lawsuits yet. ;-) > >>Give it a try, it's rather fun! > >> > >>Don > >> > >> > > > >Don , I have a willing person to do it for me - > >that is the best of all :) > > > >I'm neurotic about some of this stuff - I'm not > >judging your choice, most > >of you here are so much more savvy in many techy > >areas I'm in awe... you cant > >imagine the lack of savvy I have in these areas - > >and I have such a hard time > >retaining ANY info these days - it is just too > >daunting for me. > > > >(At this point I'm starting to feel guilty about > >sending my lurker friend > >the CD - :) ) > > > >My dream for the calendar - which I think doesnt > >exist - is to have it in a form > >so that someone can input their schedule into each > >box on the page without > >anything else moving around - somewhere in the > >dark recesses of my mind > >was the idea that one could do this with a PDF > >file... > > > >back to cooking dinner - > >friend about to arrive > > > >ann > > > > > > > > > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 1:40 PM > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Subject: Re: need a favor > >>> > >>> > >>>Don Sanderson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi Ann, I left this on the list because it may be of > >>>>use to others. > >>>>If you go to www.download.com and search for: > >>>>"PDF Printer Driver" or "Convert to PDF" or > >>>>"Print to PDF" > >>>>you will find several small programs that install > >>>>like a printer driver. > >>>>You then simply print _any_ document to it and it > >>>>turns it into a .PDF file. > >>>>Some are free, and some are very cheap. > >>>>Look at the rating on downloads.com, it tells you > >>>>which ones people have found the most useful. > >>>> > >>>>I use one called "docuPrinter LT" from > >>>>http://www.neevia.com/ > >>>>it works very well for me and several of my > >>>>customers. > >>>> > >>>>HTH > >>>>Don > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>I actually got an offer for a conversion and I'm > >>>taking him up on it. > >>>I'm a little leary of downloading stuff from the > >>>web and have a few > >>>serious techno gaps in my so-called brain. though > >>>the file is a document, > >>>it needs to be able to hold onto the right color > >>>space (I may be making this up > >>>though:) :) > >>> > >>>The only reason I have for putting it in PDF > >>>format is so that the document > >>>would be read only for people who wanted and were > >>>able to print out the > >>>calendar for themselves more cheaply and better > >>>than I can. > >>> > >>>ann > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >
