On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 06:24, Wayne Gemmell wrote:This is EXACTLY correct & is the reason for my quest. In particluar; the United States Patent & Trademark Office.
On Saturday 16 August 2003 22:32, David Monarres wrote:
On Friday 15 August 2003 06:43 pm, John Foster wrote:I might be way off track here but isn't the point of pdfs that you can't edit them?
I want to locate an editor that will run on Linux that will handle .pdfI believe that the koffice beta supports pdf editing, and as with all kde
flie format. I really am only interested in one with a WYSIWYG GUI
frontend. I just tried kile & it seeems to be partially there but does
not appear to have a WYSIWYG mode for its editor. Anyone have any
suggestions? Commercial is OK.
apps, you can print to pdf using kprinter.
They can be locked to prevent future editing, but I was always under the impression the point of PDF was to represent the document as it should appear on paper .. whereas formats such as HTML leave much of the appearance to the screen/renderer.
I've come across the type of file the OP meant, and if you think of forms as "the 600 pieces of paper you fill out every time you interact with the government" rather than something like HTML forms, you get the idea. They have editable regions where you'd normally use a pen, so you can either print them and do it by hand, or type straight into the form on-screen and print it afterwards. Quite useful when your handwriting is as bad as mine, and especially when they require triplicate.
The overall effect is similar to taking such forms and putting them through a (real) typewriter.
fwiw, I used Adobe's Acrobat for windows (the full app, not just Reader, but it'd be worth seeing if that works first). Not the most ethical choice, but in this case, The tool for the job.
Regards,
Shaun
I am trying to get a website off the ground that will interact with their Electronic Filing systems. Most of their stuff
is stored in .pdf format, most likely as one of you mentioned, for the security features. However I prefer to NOT use
any MS, or MS dependent, software on any of the web systems that I develop.
-- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems
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