i have the full version of acrobat 5. i haven't used reader in years, but i'll take a stab basing my choices on aa5.
is there a "forms" tab in your preferences. if there is, is ther a "highlight form fields" check box. if there is, check it and you should be good to go. hth, dwain On 1/29/07, JT Perry <jt at perrypack.com> wrote: > > I am having a problem with creating pdf form fields in my version of > Scribus. My about window says 1.3.3.6 but with a date of January 9, > 2007. (So does this mean I am on 3.7?). I am running Ubuntu Edgy > using and using the debian.scribus.net repository. > > I also have 1.2.4.1 installed. > > > Steps to repro my issue, in 1.3.X: > > 1) Create new Scribus document > 2) Add text frame, insert some sample text like "Hello World" > 3) Add PDF text field, change name to txtHello > 4) Save scribus document > 5) Export to PDF, change format to PDF 1.3 > > If I open in Adobe Reader 7.0, I can not see the border or focus the > input on the PDF field. I can see the text frame and the "Hello > World". Adobe does give me the warning that "you can't save but you > can print" (paraphrased). > > If I follow the exact steps in 1.2.4.1, with the exception of having > to choose Acrobat 5.0 instead of PDF 1.3, it works as expected. I can > see the field border and I can input text. > > Any ideas before I enter a bug? > > Thanks > JT > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- dwain alford p.o. box 145 winfield, alabama 35594 u.s.a. tele: 205.487.2570 cell: 205.495.5619 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20070129/17fc7228/attachment.html
