Hi :) I think he is trying to fill in a form that has been sent to him as a Pdf. Either that or trying to fill in a form that has been scanned in as a Pdf. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Alexander Thurgood <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 17:58 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document > > >Le 21/06/13 17:12, howellsilverman a écrit : > >Hi Howell, > >> Ok thanks. I tried that. It worked. You need a form with a transparent >> background which took a little work with gimp ( >> http://www.ehow.com/how_8422694_remove-white-gimp.html). Then I used a >> table to place the fields where I wanted them.. So I can see a method to >> get this handled. > >I am a bit lost as to what it is exactly you are trying to achieve. > >You don't say what it is you want as your PDF document and what that has >to do with Writer ? > >For example, in Base, you can create a database form with a background >image that will have some degree of transparency. > >You can also do this independently as a Writer document, into which you >insert your fields from your database. It is possible to insert and >image in this Writer document which can be set to be a watermark, i.e. >with a degree of transparency. > >Where does the PDF come in ? Are you exporting your form to FPDF ? > >Sorry, but I guess I'm missing something. > >Alex > > > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
