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    by djarrett ·

    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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    • #2463163

      Clarifications

      by djarrett ·

      In reply to PDF

      Clarifications

    • #2463124

      Adobe Acrobat Professional

      by nepenthe0 ·

      In reply to PDF

      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:

      http://tinyurl.com/3sduo2

      Be sure to read my response in this thread before you make a purchase decision.

      Rick/Portland, OR

    • #2463064

      Hi there

      by zlitocook ·

      In reply to PDF

      Is a alot of free PDF maker software out there, just go to google and type free pdf.

    • #2463058

      Free software that I use

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to PDF

      http://www.cutepdf.com/

      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.

      • #2463053

        I use it too…..

        by thumbsup2 ·

        In reply to Free software that I use

        It’s a very handy program. But, it doesn’t allow you to create a fillable form. Just a flat PDF file.

    • #2463027

      I’m a cheapskate

      by rob miners ·

      In reply to PDF

      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.

      http://www.nextpdf.com/answers.aspx

      • #2462961

        fax?

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to I’m a cheapskate

        ewwwwwww! :p

        • #2462936

          At least a fax document

          by dumphrey ·

          In reply to fax?

          can be legally binding…

        • #2462930

          We send and receive a lot of faxes

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to At least a fax document

          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.

        • #2450654

          We only have 3

          by dumphrey ·

          In reply to We send and receive a lot of faxes

          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 =\

        • #2571298

          Welcome to Sunny Queensland :)

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to fax?

          please wind your clocks back twenty years before leaving the terminal. 😉

          There are still Businesses here that don’t use Computers. 🙂

        • #2571250

          A conundrum –

          by nepenthe0 ·

          In reply to Welcome to Sunny Queensland :)

          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

        • #2571243

          No not Einstein :)

          by rob miners ·

          In reply to A conundrum –

          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. 😉

    • #2450672

      Some thoughts

      by nepenthe0 ·

      In reply to PDF

      [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

      • #2450652

        Well stated

        by dumphrey ·

        In reply to Some thoughts

        for forms Acrobat can’t be beat (yet). For that matter, for print quality pdf’s its hard to beat as well…

    • #2896503

      Acrobat is very professional tool

      by peterpatrickgo ·

      In reply to PDF

      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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