[ale] Fillable PDF forms

John Pilman jcpilman at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 16:47:12 EDT 2011


No, but I may be missing something subtle.  I will reboot at the end
of the day, have not done that in a few days.


On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you have document tracking/change blocking enabled on the "bad"
> computer's copy of OO?
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:09 PM, John Pilman <jcpilman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> After additional checking, I am not much wiser.  I have two laptops,
>> each with Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit, each with evince 2.32.0 and each with
>> OpenOffice 1:3.2.1-7 and each with a mind of its own.
>> Computer A can produce a pdf that can be filled in and saved by either
>> computer.
>> Computer B produces files that look the same, but cannot be edited by
>> either computer.
>> So, it seems to be an OpenOffice thing.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have evince 3.0.2 and it will do form fill in (tested with Ga IRS pdf
>> > but
>> > can't save as that's a GA IRS pdf stupid.)
>> >
>> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Stephen R. Blevins
>> > <stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> All well and good for creating such PDF forms.  Is there an open source
>> >> *reader* that I can use to read and complete such forms.  evince does
>> >> not seem to have such a capability.
>> >>
>> >> Stephen R. Blevins
>> >> stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com
>> >>
>> >> On 08/16/2011 02:50 PM, 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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