Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result? Our accounts/systems departments in their wisdom have decided that to make a purchase we must now fill out a PDF form. I can do that using acroread but it won't let me save the result (you have to buy Acrobat for that capability). Since there's a lot of repetition in the forms (my name and dept etc, plus repeated orders to the same vendors) I would like to save part-completed forms so I don't have to fill the same information in again. Does anybody know of software that will let me do this? Thanks and regards, Dave
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Our accounts/systems departments in their wisdom have decided that to make a purchase we must now fill out a PDF form. I can do that using acroread but it won't let me save the result (you have to buy Acrobat for that capability). Since there's a lot of repetition in the forms (my name and dept etc, plus repeated orders to the same vendors) I would like to save part-completed forms so I don't have to fill the same information in again.
Does anybody know of software that will let me do this?
I believe Kword can import & write pdf files. However, perhaps you can convince your a/s people to provide a read only network share of that file in a word processor file?
On Monday 27 Sep 2004 16:17, James Knott wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Our accounts/systems departments in their wisdom have decided that to make a purchase we must now fill out a PDF form. I can do that using acroread but it won't let me save the result (you have to buy Acrobat for that capability). Since there's a lot of repetition in the forms (my name and dept etc, plus repeated orders to the same vendors) I would like to save part-completed forms so I don't have to fill the same information in again.
Does anybody know of software that will let me do this?
I believe Kword can import & write pdf files. However, perhaps you can convince your a/s people to provide a read only network share of that file in a word processor file?
Hummmmm i did i believe see this thread as editing PDF forms so what has that to do with disc space a hint Learn how to use your email program before posting to groups please -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..
peter Nikolic wrote:
On Monday 27 Sep 2004 16:17, James Knott wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Our accounts/systems departments in their wisdom have decided that to make a purchase we must now fill out a PDF form. I can do that using acroread but it won't let me save the result (you have to buy Acrobat for that capability). Since there's a lot of repetition in the forms (my name and dept etc, plus repeated orders to the same vendors) I would like to save part-completed forms so I don't have to fill the same information in again.
Does anybody know of software that will let me do this?
I believe Kword can import & write pdf files. However, perhaps you can convince your a/s people to provide a read only network share of that file in a word processor file?
Hummmmm i did i believe see this thread as editing PDF forms so what has that to do with disc space a hint
Learn how to use your email program before posting to groups please
??? What's this about "disc space"? According to the header, it's still about editing pdf forms. Perhaps the problem is at your end.
On Tuesday 28 Sep 2004 21:55, James Knott wrote:
peter Nikolic wrote:
On Monday 27 Sep 2004 16:17, James Knott wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Our accounts/systems departments in their wisdom have decided that to make a purchase we must now fill out a PDF form. I can do that using acroread but it won't let me save the result (you have to buy Acrobat for that capability). Since there's a lot of repetition in the forms (my name and dept etc, plus repeated orders to the same vendors) I would like to save part-completed forms so I don't have to fill the same information in again.
Does anybody know of software that will let me do this?
I believe Kword can import & write pdf files. However, perhaps you can convince your a/s people to provide a read only network share of that file in a word processor file?
Hummmmm i did i believe see this thread as editing PDF forms so what has that to do with disc space a hint
Learn how to use your email program before posting to groups please
???
What's this about "disc space"? According to the header, it's still about editing pdf forms. Perhaps the problem is at your end. nope ... not here .... definatley cross posted well no someone that dont know how to start a new thread and just jumps on another one .
-- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan, The time is here to FORGET that M$ Corp ever existed the world does not NEED M$ Corp the world has NO USE for M$ Corp it is time to END M$ Corp , Play time is over folks time for action approaches at an alarming pace the death knell for M$ Copr has been sounded . Termination time is around the corner ..
Today at 4:55pm, James Knott wrote: [...]
Hummmmm i did i believe see this thread as editing PDF forms so what has that to do with disc space a hint Learn how to use your email program before posting to groups please
???
What's this about "disc space"? According to the header, it's still about editing pdf forms. Perhaps the problem is at your end.
You either haven't been paying attention to the whole thread, or you aren't using a threading mail client. Here's some of the thread from pine with threading turned on: 68 Sep 28 James Knott (2220) Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms 69 Sep 28 Jake Sallee (2446) |-[SLE] Disk Space 70 Sep 28 pinto (2271) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 71 Sep 28 C Hamel (2525) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 72 Sep 28 Richard Bos (2714) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 73 Sep 28 peter Nikolic (3449) Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms 74 Sep 28 James Knott (3271) |-Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms Jake Sallee hijacked the PDF thread with his disk space question, admitting to being a Linux newbie, but apparently not aware of his faux pas. Jim
Jim, El Mar 28 Sep 2004 16:18, Jim Cunning escribió:
You either haven't been paying attention to the whole thread, or you aren't using a threading mail client. Here's some of the thread from pine with threading turned on:
68 Sep 28 James Knott (2220) Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms 69 Sep 28 Jake Sallee (2446) |-[SLE] Disk Space 70 Sep 28 pinto (2271) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 71 Sep 28 C Hamel (2525) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 72 Sep 28 Richard Bos (2714) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 73 Sep 28 peter Nikolic (3449) Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms 74 Sep 28 James Knott (3271) |-Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms
Jake Sallee hijacked the PDF thread with his disk space question, admitting to being a Linux newbie, but apparently not aware of his faux pas.
Yes, you are right. But Peter's reply is being threaded on my KMail under James's response to Dave's question, and Peter failed to cite anything from the offending post by Jake. I must admit that when I first saw his reply, I also thought wtf... Regards, -- Andreas Philipp Noema Ltda. Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia
Jim Cunning wrote:
Today at 4:55pm, James Knott wrote: [...]
Hummmmm i did i believe see this thread as editing PDF forms so what has that to do with disc space a hint Learn how to use your email program before posting to groups please
???
What's this about "disc space"? According to the header, it's still about editing pdf forms. Perhaps the problem is at your end.
You either haven't been paying attention to the whole thread, or you aren't using a threading mail client. Here's some of the thread from pine with threading turned on:
68 Sep 28 James Knott (2220) Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms 69 Sep 28 Jake Sallee (2446) |-[SLE] Disk Space 70 Sep 28 pinto (2271) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 71 Sep 28 C Hamel (2525) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 72 Sep 28 Richard Bos (2714) |-Re: [SLE] Disk Space 73 Sep 28 peter Nikolic (3449) Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms 74 Sep 28 James Knott (3271) |-Re: [SLE] Editing PDF forms
Jake Sallee hijacked the PDF thread with his disk space question, admitting to being a Linux newbie, but apparently not aware of his faux pas.
OK That's it. I though he was saying I highjacked the thread, because he replied to my pdf message, rather than the disk space one.
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result? Editing a PDF I believe is not possible unless you have the Adobe PDF creation program.
Our accounts/systems departments in their wisdom have decided that to make a purchase we must now fill out a PDF form. I can do that using acroread but it won't let me save the result (you have to buy Acrobat for that capability). Since there's a lot of repetition in the forms (my name and dept etc, plus repeated orders to the same vendors) I would like to save part-completed forms so I don't have to fill the same information in again. If you can get the form in a word processor format readable by OpenOffice.org then you can edit what you need and save it as a PDF form, at least from OOo 1.1 anyway.
-- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================
I'm kind of a newbie to linux. I'm trying to free up some disk space and I'm not finding any useful utilities. Is there a way I can go back and remove old rpm packages, files, etc., which are now obsolete? Does anyone know of any utilities I can run that can help me with this? -- Jake Sallee spark@breathdedeeply.com www.breathedeeply.com Registered Linux User #358012 http://counter.li.org
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 18:09, Jake Sallee wrote:
Is there a way I can go back and remove old rpm packages, files, etc., which are now obsolete? Does anyone know of any utilities I can run that can help me with this?
~ maybe, Midnight Commander is helpful :- < mc > best rgds ..................
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 13:09, Jake Sallee wrote:
I'm kind of a newbie to linux. I'm trying to free up some disk space and I'm not finding any useful utilities. Is there a way I can go back and remove old rpm packages, files, etc., which are now obsolete? Does anyone know of any utilities I can run that can help me with this?
--
Jake Sallee spark@breathdedeeply.com www.breathedeeply.com
Registered Linux User #358012 http://counter.li.org Start by... su password: <pw> # cd / # find -iname *.rpm
...and delete RPMs. -- ..."Yogi" CH Namasté Yoga Studio
Op dinsdag 28 september 2004 22:22, schreef C Hamel:
I'm kind of a newbie to linux. I'm trying to free up some disk space and I'm not finding any useful utilities. Is there a way I can go back and remove old rpm packages, files, etc., which are now obsolete? Does anyone know of any utilities I can run that can help me with this?
Install filelight. You can get it from the guru website (or the apt component suser-guru). Or use 'du -s <some directory> | sort -n' and find the biggest diskuser that way. Or use apt with autoclean enabled (this removes rpms that are installed already and not available anylonger in the apt repository), or... -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
Jake Sallee wrote: Hi Jake,
I'm kind of a newbie to linux. I'm perhaps a mailing list policeman......
I'm trying to free up some disk space and I'm not finding any useful utilities. Is there a way I can go back and remove old rpm packages, files, etc., which are now obsolete? Does anyone know of any utilities I can run that can help me with this?
....May I suggest that you start a new thread by creating a new message instead of replying to a message and rewriting its contents with what you want as it shows disrespect for the original poster, IMNSHO I may be a bit tense on the matter but it makes reading the messages a hell of a lot easier. Thanks -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================
The Tuesday 2004-09-28 at 14:00 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Editing a PDF I believe is not possible unless you have the Adobe PDF creation program.
KWord can be used to edit PDF files.
Yes, but it doesn't save the pdf. And if you print to pdf the form structure is destroyed. Worse, I just opened a formulary and it shows awfull. Acrobat formularies are special. They require a plugin, and the data is saved over the network, on a server, not locally.
From acrobat reader help:
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* start Reading PDF documents in a Web browser ------------------------------------- ... In UNIX and Linux, PDF documents can display in Web browsers compatible with Netscape Navigator 4.x only or as a helper application in Netscape 6. To set up Netscape compatibility, launch Netscape using the script called tscape, which is located in the Browsers subdirectory where Acrobat 5.0.5 was installed. (You may need to edit this script for your particular configuration. See the README file for more details.) If you have problems with integrating Acrobat with Netscape or plan to use Forms, follow the instructions in the README file to link your Netscape browser to the Acrobat 5.0.5 Reader application. Note: Forms submit is only available through the browser. In this instance, you need to use Netscape Navigator 4.x. ... Filling out forms ---------------- ... 4 Once you have filled in the appropriate form fields, click the Submit Form button, if one exists. The button may be named differently. Clicking this button sends the form data to a database across the Web or over your company intranet. This button only works if you are viewing the PDF document from inside a Web browser. Important: Saving to disk, either by exporting form data or saving the filled-in form, is available only in Acrobat. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* end (note that Acrobat is not the Acrobat Reader available in Linux) So... to answer the OP: it is not possible to save form data in linux. And to use it (ie, submit data) you need netscape 4.7, if I understand correctly, which is not provided in suse 9.1 Sucks. :-( -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:00 am, James Knott wrote:
KWord can be used to edit PDF files.
Can you confirm that it handles an entire PDF? I got the impression from reading about it's PDF import, that it only imports the first page. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.5-7.108-default x86_64
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:16 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:00 am, James Knott wrote:
KWord can be used to edit PDF files.
Can you confirm that it handles an entire PDF? I got the impression from reading about it's PDF import, that it only imports the first page.
Sometimes trying is easier than reading. I selected a .pdf in KWord and was given the option to read all 183 pages or a range. I chose a 10 page range, made some changes, print to pdf, loaded the new file in acrobat. There was my test range with the changes I made. I haven't followed this thread closely, so I'm not sure exactly what you want to do, but at least I learned something I can use. Hope it helps you too. Doug
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 8:49 pm, Doug B wrote:
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 10:16 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:00 am, James Knott wrote:
KWord can be used to edit PDF files.
Can you confirm that it handles an entire PDF? I got the impression from reading about it's PDF import, that it only imports the first page.
Sometimes trying is easier than reading. I selected a .pdf in KWord and was given the option to read all 183 pages or a range. I chose a 10 page range, made some changes, print to pdf, loaded the new file in acrobat. There was my test range with the changes I made.
I haven't followed this thread closely, so I'm not sure exactly what you want to do, but at least I learned something I can use. Hope it helps you too.
Thanks, I would have tried it myself but I do not have Koffice installed and didn't want to install it if only the first page of a PDF was editable (already using OO, don't need another office suite). Now that you've confirmed it works, I'll have to take a look at installing. Thanks again! Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.5-7.108-default x86_64
Scott Leighton wrote:
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 11:00 am, James Knott wrote:
KWord can be used to edit PDF files.
Can you confirm that it handles an entire PDF? I got the impression from reading about it's PDF import, that it only imports the first page.
Scott
I just imported the entire 454 pages of the Ethereal manual, so I'd say it likely does more than 1 page.
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 20.00, James Knott wrote:
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Editing a PDF I believe is not possible unless you have the Adobe PDF creation program.
KWord can be used to edit PDF files.
Adobe does have a pluggin for signing. And the Seti@home project has a "diploma" that you sign with your own name. And that worked for me in Acrobat under Linux. So there are ways to make a "editable" form platform independent. Just point out that the creator of the form shouldn't be so MS'ish.. -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 735 05 51 01 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >
James Knott wrote:
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Does anybody know of a way to edit PDF forms then save the result?
Editing a PDF I believe is not possible unless you have the Adobe PDF creation program.
KWord can be used to edit PDF files. Thanks James I didn't know being an OOo user.
Considering the list seems to get so many PDF editing questions perhaps something should be added to the FAQ along the above lines, Togan Muftuoglu (Muftu)?? :) -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 Licenced Windows user ========================================================================
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