[ale] Fillable PDF forms

[John Pilman]

Interesting.  I tried this on computer A and it did just what you said
you wanted.  But you made me doubt, so I tried it on computer B, and
it didn't seem to work.  I'll check on the details later, ,but for now
I can say:
I was able to create a form in OpenOffice
Save as a PDF
Open the pdf with the standard document reader provided with Ubuntu 10.10
fill in the form
save the filled in form
I re-opened the saved form and it was still filled in.

I'll send you the sample files off list if you would like.

...John

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
> Thanks John. That gives me about 60% of what I need. Ideally, they
> should be able to fill it in and SAVE it. May have to punt on that but
> I'll keep looking.
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 14:50 -0400, John Pilman wrote:
>> OpenOffice will do this.
>> http://danilop.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/how-to-create-pdf-forms-with-openoffice/
>>
>> ...John
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
>> > Anyone know of an open source Linux tool to create fillable PDF forms
>> > from a saved document (i.e. a free basic equivalent of Adobe Designer)?
>> >
>> > I've got a Word doc with an application form. They want people to be
>> > able to fill it in and email it to them.
>> >
>> >
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