Re: [kde-linux] Need to create PDF forms

On Thursday 19 January 2006 08:53, Vytautas Povilaitis wrote:
> Can't you use some other format? All documents you can open with openoffice
> can be easilly exported directly to PDF format.
>
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:18:36 +0200, Ralph De Witt <ralphdewitt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> > Hi all:
> > I have a need to create PDF forms that can have data added to them
> > manually and then printed out. So far I have figured out that I can scan
> > in a document/form and save it as a PDF file which Kword or Open Office
> > can open. But I do not know how to turn the blank spaces on the form into
> > data entry area's. Can anyone help?
Vytautas:
Yes I can use another format. But I do not understand how I can mark the
fields were data is to be placed on the forms. Remember these are forms I am
scanning in, I do not have them in electronic format. Thanks for your help so
far.
--
Yours,
Ralph.
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