Re: need something to fill in pdf forms.

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Hi,

> (f29)
> I need something, preferably from one of the usual repos (so I can 
> easily install it with dnf), that I can use to fill in a pdf
> form.  I can view the form just fine, but nothing seems to have
> functionality for me to fill it in.  I did not see anything in
> "dnfdragora".

Having never dealt with any such forms, I had a quick look, and found
this example, which suggests Open Office can create them:

http://foersom.com/net/HowTo/data/OoPdfFormExample.pdf

Saved it, loaded it in Atril document viewer (in Mate), filled in some
details, then saved a copy of the document.  I opened that copy, and it
displays all the details that I typed in.

What I don't know about PDF forms is:  Are they just intended to print
out a page like you've filled it in, or are they supposed to be machine
processable to extract your typed-in data?  (Which seems a very dumb
requirement in this modern online world, with a couple of decades of
HTML forms already fulfilling that purpose.)

And if the latter is true (of a program being able to parse out your
PDF form data), does what I tried work fully?

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