At 17:10 04/02/2015 -0800, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
I am running OO 4.0.1 on a PC clone under Windows 7 Home Premium
edition. I am looking for a way to import into OO a form created by
a third party with Adobe in PDF format. I want to be able to fill
out the form with my computer, rather than print a blank form and
fill in by hand.
For reasons not known to me, the third party did not create a
fillable PDF form, which I can fill out with the 'puter, either
within OO or with Adobe reader. Other third parties do provide other
kinds of fillable forms so I know it can be done. I just don't know how.
I am looking for a way to fill out the form with OO and save it in
the .PDF format.
I don't think the fact that some forms can be filled means that forms
not designed to be filled must somehow be able to be filled.
o In Adobe Reader, use Edit | Copy File to Clipboard.
o Paste into a new Draw document.
o Resize the image to its original dimensions. (Hold down the Shift
key to preserve the aspect ratio.)
o Insert text boxes as necessary over the image of your form. Use the
Text button in the Drawing toolbar and drag to produce each text box.
o Use File | Export as PDF... to create your final PDF file.
It's fiddly and messy, but it works. I've used it.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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