Thank you for all of the good suggestions. I have a question with reference to the type of form. Are there forms that will not lend themselves to be filled out on the computer regardless of whether one has adobe acrobat or not? I have heard, there are some government forms that are coated in such a way that will not permit one to fill them out on the computer. Is this true? Once filled out, I can sign them. I just can't see to read them.
Pam Francis On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, Actually, I was reading some documentation the other day and it mentioned that Preview works for editable PDFs. Open your document in Preview, select Edit from within the ToolBar, then select the TextTool from within the Edit ToolBar and you should be able to fill out pdf forms. I tried it on a form I had here and it appeared to work fine. I have heard others on this list complain loudly about Preview but it works fine for me. I usually press cmd-2 to put it into "Single Page" mode and it works much better for me that way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-02-12, at 9:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Pam > I have some unfortunate news here. This issue of editing good old PDF forms > is an issue we have talked about before and will no doubt talk again until it > is resolved. Unless you put Windows on your Mac and download Adobe Acrobat > Reader to your computer, there is not yet a good way to do this on the Mac if > you're blind. > > At someone's suggestion, I put PDFpen on my Mac, but it's partially > inaccessible. You might as well join some of the rest of us in squawking > about this. > Regards, > Gigi who still hates PDF files > > On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:50 AM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> I receive forms from my state periodically to re- determine my eligibility >> for state funds. Does anyone know of an accessible means to reliably fill >> out the paperwork on the computer, printed, and sign it? I can print it, I >> can sign it. However filling out the forms is a major issue. I cannot read >> snail mail. To my knowledge, Microsoft office, is not accessible on the >> Mac. Not sure if their version of PDF, will work with the forms. Please help? >> >> Pam Francis >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
