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by: Richard Torrens (New - Wed, 5 Oct 2022 11:47 UTC

How do people fill in a pdf form?

We live in a listed building and I need to fill in the 8 page pdf LB
Consent form.

I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill in
individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of fiddling.

Are there better ways?

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by: Dave - Wed, 5 Oct 2022 14:59 UTC

In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:
> How do people fill in a pdf form?

> We live in a listed building and I need to fill in the 8 page pdf LB
> Consent form.

> I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill in
> individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of fiddling.

> Are there better ways?

Yes, go PC or even Linux side and use a real PDF editor.

Dave

Dave Triffid

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From: Paul@sprie.nl (Paul Sprangers)
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by: Paul Sprangers - Wed, 5 Oct 2022 15:05 UTC

In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> How do people fill in a pdf form?

I always import the PDF pages into OvationPro, and then create transparent
frames over the fields to fill in. The result is saved as a PDF file again.

> Are there better ways?

Oh yes, if you happen to have a Windows machine. The free Adobe PDF reader
lets you fill in everything directly, without creating frames first. But
okay, that's Windows.

Paul

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by: John Williams (News) - Wed, 5 Oct 2022 15:36 UTC

In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> How do people fill in a pdf form?

I know it goes against the grain, but it is possible to print them out and
write on them.

This last bit is what non-computer people generally do!

Best wishes,
John

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by: Chris Newman - Wed, 5 Oct 2022 17:05 UTC

In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
<News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:
> How do people fill in a pdf form?

> We live in a listed building and I need to fill in the 8 page pdf LB
> Consent form.

> I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill
> in individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of
> fiddling.

I also export as a Drawfile but then do the editing using !DrawWorksXL
which give lots of scope for choosing fonts, altering mistakes etc. then
I turn it back into a PDF. I find it's quite straightforward.

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by: Richard Torrens (New - Thu, 6 Oct 2022 11:34 UTC

In article <633da49f$0$22073$426a74cc@news.free.fr>,
John Williams (News) <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
> Richard Torrens (News) <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> > How do people fill in a pdf form?

> I know it goes against the grain, but it is possible to print them out
> and write on them.

> This last bit is what non-computer people generally do!

> Best wishes,
>
> John

Indeed! That is what they are intended for. But then you have to scan them
back in - or use snail-mail!

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by: Richard Torrens (New - Thu, 6 Oct 2022 11:37 UTC

In article <5a32b5d42ecvjazz@waitrose.com>,
Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
> In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
> <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:
> > How do people fill in a pdf form?

> > We live in a listed building and I need to fill in the 8 page pdf LB
> > Consent form.

> > I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill
> > in individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of
> > fiddling.

> I also export as a Drawfile but then do the editing using !DrawWorksXL
> which give lots of scope for choosing fonts, altering mistakes etc. then
> I turn it back into a PDF. I find it's quite straightforward.

Indeed! Easy for single pages, but it gets tedious for many pages.

OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.

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by: Paul Sprangers - Thu, 6 Oct 2022 12:03 UTC

In article <5a331b9cf8news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.

OvationPro is also free and can do everything.

Paul

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by: Chris Newman - Thu, 6 Oct 2022 12:21 UTC

In article <5a331b9cf8news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
<News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:
> In article <5a32b5d42ecvjazz@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman
> <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
> > In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
> > <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:
> > > How do people fill in a pdf form?

> > > We live in a listed building and I need to fill in the 8 page pdf
> > > LB Consent form.

> > > I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and
> > > fill in individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a
> > > lot of fiddling.

> > I also export as a Drawfile but then do the editing using
> > !DrawWorksXL which give lots of scope for choosing fonts, altering
> > mistakes etc. then I turn it back into a PDF. I find it's quite
> > straightforward.

> Indeed! Easy for single pages, but it gets tedious for many pages.

> OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.

So can DrawWorks. I think there is a free version on the ISV/APDL site
that has been preserved but I can't find the URL for that at the moment.

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by: Chris Hughes - Thu, 6 Oct 2022 11:59 UTC

In message <5a331b9cf8news*@Torrens.org>
"Richard Torrens (News)" <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> In article <5a32b5d42ecvjazz@waitrose.com>,
> Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:
>> In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
>> <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:
>>> How do people fill in a pdf form?

>>> We live in a listed building and I need to fill in the 8 page pdf LB
>>> Consent form.

>>> I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill
>>> in individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of
>>> fiddling.

>> I also export as a Drawfile but then do the editing using !DrawWorksXL
>> which give lots of scope for choosing fonts, altering mistakes etc. then
>> I turn it back into a PDF. I find it's quite straightforward.

> Indeed! Easy for single pages, but it gets tedious for many pages.

I would use PrintPDF's Queue for each page and then on the final one get
it to produce a final PDF with all the pages joined together.

--
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by: Brian Howlett - Thu, 6 Oct 2022 23:12 UTC

On 5 Oct, "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill in
> individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of fiddling.

> Are there better ways?

Recent versions of ArtWorks can import .PDF files and you can just use the
Text tool to fill in the form.
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From: dave@triffid.co.uk (Dave)
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Subject: Re: Form Filling
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:04:22 +0100
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by: Dave - Fri, 7 Oct 2022 07:04 UTC

In article <f4375b335a.BrianNews@bhowlett.plus.net>,
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
> On 5 Oct, "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+19268@Torrens.org> wrote:

> > I can export the pdf page by page from !PDFtest as draw files and fill
> > in individually in OpenVector. But that is very crude and a lot of
> > fiddling.

> > Are there better ways?

> Recent versions of ArtWorks can import .PDF files and you can just use
> the Text tool to fill in the form.

Really...
I tried that a while back when I had a half page dental form to fill in,
yes ArtWorks filled the form okay, but then what?
It was impossible to re-save it out at a PDF.

"Insufficient memory for application."

At that time, I never got the filled form back out of ArtWorks, so as per
usual, I went MS-Windows side and did the deed without any problems.

Dave

A while after the above.... Though I couldn't get the thing exported out
of ArtWorks...
By using Steve's "!PrintPDF" I was able to get a PDF of the ArtWorks
edited dental form. :-(

ArtWorks: Version 2.X3.01

Dave Triffid

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by: Richard Porter - Fri, 7 Oct 2022 21:47 UTC

The date being 5 Oct 2022, "Richard Torrens (News)"
<News+19268@Torrens.org> decided to write:

> How do people fill in a pdf form?

In !PDF export the page to a Draw file.
Fill in input fields in !Draw.
Drop in signature if needed.
Save.
Print to PDF3.
Job done.
--
Richard Porter

Two percent of zero is almost nothing.

devel / comp.sys.acorn.misc / Form Filling

Subject	Author
Form Filling	Richard Torrens (News)
Form Filling	Dave
Re: Form Filling	Paul Sprangers
Re: Form Filling	John Williams (News)
Re: Form Filling	Richard Torrens (News)
Re: Form Filling	Chris Newman
Re: Form Filling	Richard Torrens (News)
Re: Form Filling	Paul Sprangers
Re: Form Filling	Chris Newman
Re: Form Filling	Chris Hughes
Re: Form Filling	Brian Howlett
Re: Form Filling	Dave
Re: Form Filling	Richard Porter