Hi :) Hmmm, i always struggle with it quite a lot. Not that i have done it much. Only tried 1 or 2 times tbh but both times it was a pita. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> >Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 19:16 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Database field on top of PDF document > > >Piece of cake with Draw. I've done it. Now if the OP wants automation, >I can't help there. >Girvin > > >Tom Davies wrote: >> 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 > > > -- 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
