Re: PDF Forms Editor for Solaris?

From: Dan Espen (daneNO_at_SPAM.mk.telcordia.com)
Date: 10/10/04

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    km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes:

    > In article <4165d6c4$0$74193$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net>, Gary <garyd@efn.org.spamsux> writes:
    >>Scott Howard wrote:
    >>
    >>> I think StarOffice will allow this, although Ive never tried it so I'm
    >>> not sure if there's any restrictions.
    >>
    >>Yes, the word processor in StarOffice and OpenOffice.org support saving
    >>to PDF format. Both those apps are available on a variety of operating
    >>systems, including Solaris.
    >>
    >>-Gary
    >
    > We use StarOffice quite a bit, but the forms question was really about the
    > other direction. We have administrative units that send us forms in pdf
    > to fill out. StarOffice doesn't read pdf, it only outputs pdf. Acroread
    > will let you fill out and print the form, but not save it with filled in
    > values. For a complex form in which we need to periodically adjust some
    > values, printing is not enough.
    >
    > My guess is that the windows acrobat would allow this, but apparently there
    > is no clone for Solaris or Linux.

    Just a short visit to Adobe's site makes me think otherwise.

    I think the ability to save documents is a feature they want you to
    pay for. The free download is Acrobat Reader.

    There is something called Acrobat Approval that includes the
    feature "Save e-forms on your hard drive".

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