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June 5, 2008 at 1:41 pm #2161615
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Lockedby djarrett · about 15 years, 9 months ago
How do I create a PDF file that I can send to a customer electronically and they can fill the file out electronically and send it back?
Thanks for your help!
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June 5, 2008 at 1:41 pm #2463163
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June 5, 2008 at 3:40 pm #2463124
Adobe Acrobat Professional
by nepenthe0 · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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You can create interactive .pdf forms with Adobe Acrobat Professional. The retail price for a single license is $449.
The recipient can fill in the form fields using the free Adobe Reader. Alas, the recipient cannot [i]save[/i] the entered text without a copy of Acrobat.
If you surf the Internet with Google, you will find any number of Acrobat [i]wanna be[/i] applications that claim to be able to [i]save[/i] the entered text and return the document via e-mail attachment.
One such application that has received honorable mention in this Forum is Foxit:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Old Mycroft is an advocate of Foxit. I have never used it. I don’t know if you can [i]create[/i] interactive .pdf forms with Foxit.
Please see yesterday’s Forum thread on this subject:
Be sure to read my response in this thread before you make a purchase decision.
Rick/Portland, OR
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June 5, 2008 at 7:20 pm #2463064
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June 5, 2008 at 7:55 pm #2463058
Free software that I use
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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Have used it for just over a year now.
free download, makes pdf’s quicker than adobe does, and they are a fairly small file.
there will be a “converter” that it will want you to install, but that is free too and it will take you to it.
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June 5, 2008 at 8:13 pm #2463053
I use it too…..
by thumbsup2 · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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It’s a very handy program. But, it doesn’t allow you to create a fillable form. Just a flat PDF file.
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June 5, 2008 at 10:00 pm #2463027
I’m a cheapskate
by rob miners · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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I would use one of the free PDF creators and get them to FAX back the information. 😉
Here is some info for you to perouse.
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June 6, 2008 at 5:48 am #2462961
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June 6, 2008 at 6:29 am #2462936
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June 6, 2008 at 6:36 am #2462930
We send and receive a lot of faxes
by jdclyde · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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and it is a royal pain in the a$$.
I think we are down to 10 fax machines, but had about 30 as little as 5 years ago.
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June 6, 2008 at 8:14 am #2450654
We only have 3
by dumphrey · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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most of our work is emailed PDF’s, but the licensing for acrobat is outrageous when you consider over half our workstations have it installed =\
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June 7, 2008 at 3:42 pm #2571298
Welcome to Sunny Queensland :)
by rob miners · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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please wind your clocks back twenty years before leaving the terminal. 😉
There are still Businesses here that don’t use Computers. 🙂
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June 7, 2008 at 6:08 pm #2571250
A conundrum –
by nepenthe0 · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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How did you acquire so much computer knowledge working for companies using IBM Correcting Selectric machines?
I know – you’re like Einstein, and daydreamed doing [i]gedankenexperiment[/i] calculations to while away the time…
Rick/Portland, OR
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June 7, 2008 at 6:22 pm #2571243
No not Einstein :)
by rob miners · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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I had a twenty year head start. :p
A bit like back to the future. 😉Seriously though I have learnt a little about a lot of things over the years and I can assure you now that I am no expert. I have learnt enough to be extreemly dangerous. I will have to start putting disclaimers on my posts. 😉
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June 6, 2008 at 7:56 am #2450672
Some thoughts
by nepenthe0 · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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[i]djarrett[/i] asked about how to create interactive .pdf forms. Although there are many .pdf readers and converters, there are few applications that do a creditable job creating interactive .pdf forms.
All of us have been compelled to use sloppily created interactive forms, where text is misplaced or insufficient room provided. This is usually due to sloppy craftsmanship on the part of the form designer, but the application makes a difference.
For those of us old enough to remember the Brooke Shields [i]English Leather[/i] Christmas commercial, you will recall the [i]femme fatale[/i] on a tiger rug: [i]Men, if you’re gonna do it, yagotta do it right[/i]. We believed her, and sales of English Leather skyrocketed.
So for those who want to create professional looking interactive .pdf forms, there is probably no realistic substitute for Adobe Acrobat Professional. I don’t like their prices any more than y’all do, but they write terrific software.
Regarding [i]saving[/i] of interactive text, there is a workaround to installing [i]CutePDF[/i] (although this seems to be an excellent solution): use PrtSc to [i]copy[/i] to Clipboard, CtrV to [i]paste[/i] into MS Word. Format the mess with the Windows Picture & Fax Viewer, then attach to a return e-mail. Convoluted, but it works.
Rick/Portland, OR
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June 6, 2008 at 8:17 am #2450652
Well stated
by dumphrey · about 15 years, 9 months ago
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for forms Acrobat can’t be beat (yet). For that matter, for print quality pdf’s its hard to beat as well…
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September 1, 2011 at 8:29 pm #2896503
Acrobat is very professional tool
by peterpatrickgo · about 12 years, 7 months ago
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Adobe Acrobat would be the first choice if you have enough budget.
Or you could try some other payable PDF converter tools, they could also achieve such functions.
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