On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 13:51 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Chris Howie wrote: > >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> > >>> With the free Adobe Reader 7.0.1 and IRS' pdf forms with documentation > >>> rights one can finally fill out the forms on Linux and save them. > >>> > >>> Goodbye pstoedit, you were good when needed. > >> > >> > >> Adobe Reader is not free software, pstoedit is. Chances are a lot of > >> debian > >> users won't be switching to superfluous non-free software like Adobe > >> Reader > >> when a free alternative exists. > >> > >> My two cents. > >> > > > > Except that pstoedit cannot seriously be considered an alternative to > > acroread. Personally, I am all bout the "Free Software, Rah! Rah! Rah!" > > However, I also accept that some non-free components will always exist > > and some may even be required. When filling out PDF forms, there is no > > free alternative that is *comparable* to acroread. When you have to do > > enough of them, it's easier to just whip the form open in acroread and > > fill it in. Additionally, if the full version of Adobe were available > > for Linux, there is a chance I'd buy it, since I do fill in enough forms > > that are not enabled to save in the free reader, that it would be worth > > the convenience for me. > > > > That's the way it is. > Last year I wrote an application to actually update the .ps conversions > of the IRS pdf's. Interesting exercise but it cannot compare with just > filling out the forms and saving them. > > I don't actually know how you get the "document rights" in a pdf. The > IRS forms have them. But trying a graduate school application for my > son, that did not have them, and Adobe Reader 7.0.1 warns that you > cannot save the document, only print it.
You can print-to-pdf, I think, using CUPS. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant." Charles de Gaulle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
