Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:12:31 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Douglas, > Sounds like a crazy propriatary scheme. Whatever happened to sending Quite probably. > out the Latex of a document. Recipients can latex it to view it, make > changes, get it right, then email

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

From: Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:12:31 -0400 On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:39:18PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:57:11 -0500 > John Ha

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling writes: > > That means "Your comment contains negative information value, and I'm > > going for a walk"? As in, "So, what do you think about goldfish?" > > No. It means "A flamewar is about to start and I am going to sit back, eat > popcorn, and w

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 16:53, Michael Fothergill wrote: [snip] > > > Well it's rather an unusual thing. I want to file accounts for a UK > Limited company I run. If you have access codes and passwords etc, then > you can go on Companies House web site > (http

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

s. keeling writes: > That means "Your comment contains negative information value, and I'm > going for a walk"? As in, "So, what do you think about goldfish?" No. It means "A flamewar is about to start and I am going to sit back, eat popcorn, and watch the show." -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSC

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Andrew J. Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 7/28/07, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Yeshua didn't speak English. But that's a way different topic. > > > > You spelt $DEITY wrong. I spell it "Murphy". > > *starts popcorn in the microwave* U

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:39:18PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:57:11 -0500 > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello John, > > > Do you actually _need_ acroread? Xpdf isn't good enough? > > IIRC, Xpdf doesn't have the ability to do form filling. With acroread, >

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

On 7/28/07, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 07/28/07 13:46, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > > > I was wrong. As Jesus said in the Bible "O, ye of little faith". I > > > > Yeshua didn't speak English. But that's a way different topic. > > You sp

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:57:11 -0500 > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you actually _need_ acroread? Xpdf isn't good enough? > > IIRC, Xpdf doesn't have the ability to do form filling. With acroread, > you can fill out forms (they have to be

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 07/28/07 13:46, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > I was wrong. As Jesus said in the Bible "O, ye of little faith". I > > Yeshua didn't speak English. But that's a way different topic. You spelt $DEITY wrong. I spell it "Murphy". -- Any technology di

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Michael Fothergill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >From: Tommi Asiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Michael Fothergill wrote: > > >> I suggest you should try this new thing called "Searching the web". It > > >> can give you nice links to web pages such as: > > >> > > >> http://wiki.debian.org/PDFViewers > > > >

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:57:11 -0500 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello John, > Do you actually _need_ acroread? Xpdf isn't good enough? IIRC, Xpdf doesn't have the ability to do form filling. With acroread, you can fill out forms (they have to be set up to allow it, of course), and th

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Michael writes: > If you have access codes and passwords etc, then you can go on Companies > House web site (http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk) and then you can submit > the accounts on line. They give you a template file to download that is a > pdf file. Have you tried using any of the Free pdf pa

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

From: Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:47:24 -0400 On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:45:24PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I tried installing Adobe Acrobat from a

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Michael Fothergill writes: > It worked OK but it didn't install acroread... Do you actually _need_ acroread? Xpdf isn't good enough? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:45:24PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I tried installing Adobe Acrobat from a tarball and it doesn't seem to > work. It was a while ago now so I have forgotten exactly what I did and > didn't do. > > It seems a bit complex because it tries to put it in Iceweas

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 14:33, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > >> From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat >> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 200

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Michael Fothergill wrote: >> But maybe I still have to little faith and I have been reading old web >> pages and there IS an amd64 acroread deb file after all > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64Faq Instead of gaining faith, try to focus on the issue and read. -Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:37:23 -0500 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 13:20, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > >> From:

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

I assume that what you really want is Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread). The Web page you were given, , tells you where to get it via the Debian package-management system. It also tells you about several Free alternatives that are in Debian. -- John Hasler --

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 13:46, Michael Fothergill wrote: [snip] > > I was wrong. As Jesus said in the Bible "O, ye of little faith". I Yeshua didn't speak English. But that's a way different topic. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish,

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

From: Tommi Asiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michael Fothergill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:30:00 +0300 Michael Fothergill wrote: >> I suggest you should try this new thing

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 13:20, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > >> From: Tommi Asiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Michael Fothergill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: dumb quest

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Michael Fothergill wrote: >> I suggest you should try this new thing called "Searching the web". It >> can give you nice links to web pages such as: >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/PDFViewers > > I suspect the web doesn't say much about it other than Acrobat exists > and where you download it. Don't

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Michael Fothergill wrote: I suspect the web doesn't say much about it other than Acrobat exists and where you download it. You might consider reading instead of "suspecting" -- that's not the case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

From: Tommi Asiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michael Fothergill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:52:50 +0300 Hi Michael, To us to help you with the installing from tarball we would

Re: dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Hi Michael, To us to help you with the installing from tarball we would have to know what you did. Your vague information on that part doesn't help. I suggest you should try this new thing called "Searching the web". It can give you nice links to web pages such as: http://wiki.debian.org/PDFView

dumb question about aAdobe Acrobat....

Dear Debianists, I tried installing Adobe Acrobat from a tarball and it doesn't seem to work. It was a while ago now so I have forgotten exactly what I did and didn't do. It seems a bit complex because it tries to put it in Iceweasel as plugin or something and also as a stand alone program