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Richard Torrens (News)
Oct 5, 2022, 9:37:53 AM10/5/22
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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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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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Oct 5, 2022, 10:59:53 AM10/5/22
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In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
Dave
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Dave Triffid
Richard Torrens (News) <News+...@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.
> 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?
Dave
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Paul Sprangers
Oct 5, 2022, 11:05:22 AM10/5/22
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In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+...@Torrens.org> wrote:
Richard Torrens (News) <News+...@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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John Williams (News)
Oct 5, 2022, 11:37:04 AM10/5/22
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In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>,
Richard Torrens (News) <News+...@Torrens.org> wrote:
Richard Torrens (News) <News+...@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
Chris Newman
Oct 5, 2022, 1:06:32 PM10/5/22
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In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
<News+...@Torrens.org> wrote:
<News+...@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
> 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.
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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Richard Torrens (News)
Oct 6, 2022, 7:38:43 AM10/6/22
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In article <633da49f$0$22073$426a...@news.free.fr>,
Indeed! That is what they are intended for. But then you have to scan them
back in - or use snail-mail!
back in - or use snail-mail!
Richard Torrens (News)
Oct 6, 2022, 7:38:44 AM10/6/22
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In article <5a32b5d4...@waitrose.com>,
Indeed! Easy for single pages, but it gets tedious for many pages.
OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.
OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.
Paul Sprangers
Oct 6, 2022, 8:03:25 AM10/6/22
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In article <5a331b9cf8news*@Torrens.org>,
Paul
Richard Torrens (News) <News+...@Torrens.org> wrote:
> OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.
OvationPro is also free and can do everything.
> OpenVector (which is free) can do fonts etc.
Paul
Chris Newman
Oct 6, 2022, 8:21:12 AM10/6/22
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In article <5a331b9cf8news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
that has been preserved but I can't find the URL for that at the moment.
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Chris Newman
<News+...@Torrens.org> wrote:
> In article <5a32b5d4...@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman
> <cvj...@waitrose.com> wrote:
> > In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
> > <News+...@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
> In article <5a32b5d4...@waitrose.com>, Chris Newman
> <cvj...@waitrose.com> wrote:
> > In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
> > <News+...@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.
that has been preserved but I can't find the URL for that at the moment.
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Chris Hughes
Oct 6, 2022, 8:27:22 AM10/6/22
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In message <5a331b9cf8news*@Torrens.org>
it to produce a final PDF with all the pages joined together.
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Chris Hughes
"Richard Torrens (News)" <News+...@Torrens.org> wrote:
> In article <5a32b5d4...@waitrose.com>,
> Chris Newman <cvj...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>> In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
>> <News+...@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
> In article <5a32b5d4...@waitrose.com>,
> Chris Newman <cvj...@waitrose.com> wrote:
>> In article <5a3298b284news*@Torrens.org>, Richard Torrens (News)
>> <News+...@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.
it to produce a final PDF with all the pages joined together.
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Brian Howlett
Oct 6, 2022, 7:11:22 PM10/6/22
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On 5 Oct, "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+...@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
> 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?
Text tool to fill in the form.
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Dave
Oct 7, 2022, 3:04:30 AM10/7/22
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In article <f4375b335a...@bhowlett.plus.net>,
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. :-(
D.
ArtWorks: Version 2.X3.01
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Dave Triffid
Brian Howlett <news-s...@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
> On 5 Oct, "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+...@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...
> On 5 Oct, "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+...@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.
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. :-(
D.
ArtWorks: Version 2.X3.01
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Dave Triffid
Richard Porter
Oct 7, 2022, 5:57:25 PM10/7/22
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The date being 5 Oct 2022, "Richard Torrens (News)"
Fill in input fields in !Draw.
Drop in signature if needed.
Save.
Print to PDF3.
Job done.
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<News+...@Torrens.org> decided to write:
> How do people fill in a pdf form?
In !PDF export the page to a Draw file.
> How do people fill in a pdf form?
Fill in input fields in !Draw.
Drop in signature if needed.
Save.
Print to PDF3.
Job done.
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