On Saturday 29 April 2006 11:45, Maciej Hanski wrote: > David Goodenough napisa?(a): > > I have just gone through the process of moving the registered office of > > my company, and the form (in the UK a form 287) is available as a PDF. > > But presumably in order to make sure that I do not change the form it is > > password locked. > > > > The instructions with this form say that the boxes should either be > > filled in typescript or bold black capitals. My hand writing, even my > > block capitals has never been wonderful (sometimes I can not read my own > > handwriting), so I would rather use typescript, but I no longer possess a > > typewriter. > > > > I could spend time trying to line up a document produced using either > > something like Scribus or a word processor, but that would be easier > > if I could include the PDF as a background, then I could put frames > > over each box and type in the values. This would then also mean > > that I could print the PDF and my answers in one go, rather than > > having to line the answers to a sheet on which I had previously > > printed the form. > > > > Is this possible with Scribus (the PDF is not in a format that Scribus > > will open as a document), or could it be added easily? > > Could you place this form somewhere for everybody to see? I would try to > convert this form to PostScript, e.g. on Linux with: > > pdf2ps input.pdf output.ps > > and import the resulting output.ps into Scribus. Then simply put a > second layer on top of it and .. whatever you desire :) > > cheers > Maciej I tried this and it complained that the converting of 1203 images failed. I am using the latest debian scribus-cvs version.
The form can be found at:- www.companieshouse.gov.uk/forms/generalForms/287.pdf David > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
