Thanks but I'm not sure why you brought up operating system defaults, as they
weren't relevant to my inquiry.
In a word, I just wanted to know whether any plug-in or other add-on would
allow SKIM to substitute for ADODE (Acrobat) when a website 'required' the
latter. Again, a case in point is printing out Priority Mail labels at
usps.gov.
> My advice: don't ever use PDF forms!
Hard to never use PDF forms if the website requires them for what you want to
do.
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--- On Sun, 6/30/13, Randy Parker <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Randy Parker <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Any SKIM 'plug-in' that allows it be used at
websites that want ADOBE?
To: "For general discussion about using Skim"
<[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 11:34 AM
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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