I really only use the pdf forms from the IRS/State to do our taxes.
Problem is many times I need to stop and come back. Is there a free
app for *gulp* win98se that would either allow me to save it or take
the place of adobe reader? I have to keep it in the original format
since we print these off to mail back to the IRS/State.
On Jan 19, 6:55 pm, Michael Joel <no@Error400$$$.No.Sight.Com> wrote:
> I really only use the pdf forms from the IRS/State to do our taxes.
> Problem is many times I need to stop and come back. Is there a free
> app for *gulp* win98se that would either allow me to save it
> ...
According to http://www.oldversion.com/Foxit-PDF-Reader.html, Foxit
PDF Reader version 5.0.1.0523 works on Win98. It's a pretty recent
version, and it's a long time since Foxit Reader allows saving form
data locally. (Not 100% sure thought, as I did not test it
personally.)
If you want, you could also try http://www.nitroreader.com/ . Does not
list Win98SE as supported, but there is a chance to work because Nitro
PDF Reader 2 seems to be a .NET Framework 2.0 application, and .NET
2.0 is available for Win98/ 98SE http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19 . (Again, I did not try this myself on Win98SE, only on WinXP.)
>I just tried on a clean install of Win98SE. 5.0.1.0523 does not
>install but 3.0.1120 installs, runs, and has the ability to save form
>data locally.
Thank you very much for the help - this helps a lot. Besides having
win98 on this computer it is also connected to dialup, so your help
really has been a time saver.
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:55:53 -0500, Michael Joel wrote:
> I really only use the pdf forms from the IRS/State to do our taxes.
> Problem is many times I need to stop and come back. Is there a free
> app for *gulp* win98se that would either allow me to save it or take
> the place of adobe reader? I have to keep it in the original format
> since we print these off to mail back to the IRS/State.
> Thanks
> Mike
SaGS gave you good pointers, but yet another thought might be the virtual
PDF printer BullZIP PDF Printer (q.v.). That can "print" your filled-out
forms as PDF files, and let you continue to revise the fillings-out if
necessary, I believe.
Cheers, -- tlvp
-- Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.
On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:57:24 +0100, Axel Berger <Axel.Ber...@Gmx.De>
wrote:
>tlvp wrote:
>> That can "print" your filled-out forms as PDF files, and let
>> you continue to revise the fillings-out if
>> necessary, I believe.
>I'd be very surprised if printing, whether to PDF, PS or LPT, preserved
>fillable form fields. It deletes most other unprintable things.
>Axel
I haven't tried BullZip PDF but I did PDFCreator which is a print to
PDF app. It doesn't function from Adobe Reader. It works elsewhere but
for some reason is blocked from adobe.
Foxit Reader is really working great for what I need. Ver 3 was
crashing on me - I think I need to do a system wipe and reinstall, but
I got ver 2 and it is working well. It lets me enter fields and save
back to PDF - in fact using it's mark up functions (like typewriter) I
can even type over non-field areas, which is nice when I need to work
out a IRS worksheet - they don't have fields.
Up till now I had been using Open Office to create PDFs but now I have
a number of options.
Thanks all for the help,
Mike
