Your computer's operating system assigns which program should be run to
open particular filetypes, not Skim.
In "Finder", right-click on a PDF file, select "Get Info", and set "Open
with: "
But my experience is that PDF forms actually DO require certain Adobe
programs to correctly manipulate the fields. I can't remember if it was
the standard "Acrobat" or a some kind of enhanced Acrobat. I base this on
my son's Boy Scout Eagle form 2 years ago: some non-Adobe programs would
open it and allow typing, but the entered text would not reliably "save".
I was sure my son was doing something wrong until I did it a few times
myself. (such fun typing in 8 pages of content a couple of times, only to
have it completely lost both times !). I tried a couple of other PDF
programs as well, with bad results.
My advice: *don't ever use PDF forms!*
I never got to the bottom of the problem, but I suspect there are
proprietary quirks that are not part of the PDF standard.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Michael Kraft <[email protected]> wrote:
> Certain websites (government websites, in particular, including the USPS)
> require the user to have ADOBE installed in order to complete forms fill-in
> that are converted to PDFs. (Example: ADOBE required to create a USPS
> 'Priority Mail' mailing label)
>
> Is there any way to configure SKIM so that PDF’s that “require” ADOBE can
> use SKIM instead?
>
> Thanks.
>
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