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Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 1:56 PM
Subject: [PDF-Forms]
I've been reading recent discussions with great
interest as the sole purpose for subscribing to this forum was to find a way
to create a PDF file with form fields that can be emailed to customers, filled
out, and emailed back. When my employer purchased Acrobat 6, it was
strictly for creating PDF files. When I realized it could create form
fillable PDF files, I was very pleased. This solved a huge problem for
us. However, the fact that you can create the form but lose the
functionality with the reader is disappointing.
My opinion is that Adobe dropped the ball on this
one. If you can create a PDF file with the ability to be an interactive
form, why wouldn't you allow the "reader" to fill it out and then at the very
least save it and email it somewhere? I would not consider asking a
customer to purchase anything to be able to use a form. Some of them
still complain about downloading the reader (alas, not everyone is up to date
technology wise). So, we will continue to use what is "mainstream" and
cost effective to serve our customers and facilitate communication. If
anyone has any suggestions, please respond. I'd love to find a way to
make this work, but not at further expense.
Thanks for listening!
Christine.
