[ale] Fillable PDF forms

[Greg Clifton]

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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