2008/10/21 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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.
I just installed pdfedit 0.3.2 from the Ubuntu repositories and I just can't find out how to fill in the form in the file I linked to earlier. It seems like the program is more supposed to edit the actual form rather than accepting me filling it in and then save it. That is, I can add and delete cjeck boxes (for example) but I can not check/uncheck them… I know, this is a bit OT now, but I started the thread, so I'm it's owner… ;) Just to be clear, what I currently want to do is this: - I have a PDF that is some kind of a form, see the file I attached to the first message of this thread or click here<http://www.konsumentverket.se/Documents/bilar/kopekontrakt_bilar.pdf> . - I want to enter things in most of its text fields and check some check boxes in the PDF and then save it like that. Eventually I might even want to print it out. Obviously I can't do this with the PDF import extension for OpenOffice.org 3. My thought was to convert the PDF to an ODF, then I should be able to do whatever I like with it, but obviously I couldn't. Maybe the question is whether the extension is even supposed to do this, but I can't see why not. The more relevant features, the better, right? J.R. > > > > > > > >> > >> > >> 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] > >
