On 10/21/2008 08:50 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > 2008/10/20 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] >> >> Nor do I think you will be able to with the extension; I don't think >> it's meant for that. > > So is there something out there, that IS meant for that? I guess there is no > Adobe Acrobat for Linux, is there? And it's not free anyway…
You can use pdfedit... however it's pretty complicated and I've never fully mastered how to use it properly. > > >> >> >> When I have to fill out forms like this (for me US tax forms are a good >> example), I open the form in Adobe Reader (8), fill out the form, and >> then print it to a cups-pdf virtual printer. That saves the filled out >> form in PDF. I've found that to me _much_ easier than trying to use >> PDFEdit and other such pdf editors (other than actual Adobe Acrobat of >> course). > > Well, that's probably also what I would do, until I find a better way. The > disadvantage is (or isn't it?) that if I want to change something a few days > later, maybe a misspelling or something, I have to open the empty original > and fill everything in all over again, hopefully right this time… If the > extension worked perfectly (maybe it will some day), I would just convert it > to something else, then go from there. If it something like the document I > attached earlier, I would probably save it as a template. That was my idea > anyway. > J.R. > > >> On Windows you should be able to do the same by printing the >> filled out form to PDFCreator. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
