On 1/21/24 13:55, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote:
On Sonntag, 21. Januar 2024 15:11:46 -03 gene heskett wrote:
On 1/21/24 09:04, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote:
On Sonntag, 21. Januar 2024 02:35:13 -03 gene heskett wrote:
I'm trying to get our states Attorney General to exert some
influence
over a cell phone bill I don't owe. The AG has sent me a form
letter
PDF with fill in the blanks for all the info.
Do we have an editor in our arsenal that can do that to a pdf?
Thanks all.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
Just a remark.
Gene,
many people (working in General Attorney offices too) do not know
that they must not simply send a dokument to PRINT as PDF but that
it is necessary to EXPORT the document as PDF. If it is sent to
print then it loses all ability to fill in the form, because it
ends up as a PDF which is meant to be printed and nothing else.
If the the form has fields to be filled by the receiver of the form,
then the only way to go is (for example with Libreoffice Writer)
export as PDF. If you have received a form you may open it using
Okular. If Okular then shows:
"This document has forms. Click on the button to interact with them,
or use View -> Show Forms." and also shows the pertinent button
"Show Forms" then all is well.
If Okular does not show the message nor the button then you are out
of luck.
You might ask the sender to send the form again but this time using
"Export to pdf" instead of just sending it as a file to the pdf
printer. But many an office worker is too computer illiterate to
manage "such a complex task" (it's not complicated).
Then all options left to you is painting over the pdf. Either by
using a drwaing program like other already mentioned or by using
Okular and trying to insert text over the form. It's try-and-error
to hit the right spot.
*Important:*
In any case THEN you need to send the form as file to a pdf printer.
Otherwise the overlay is only stored on your disk but will not be
sent to the intended receiver together with the original pdf file.
Hope eventually all goes well for you and all the best to you
Eike
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Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ / ZP5CGE
Most informative. thank you a lot Eike. I have, on another workspace
after installing it "xournal" has opened that pdf, I have enabled the
add annotations function but not killed a tree to test print. I see
both "print" and "Export as pdf" in the file menu.
Are you saying that I should do the annotations, then export to pdf,
in order to overlay my notes over that file and then print that
exported pdf in sufficient copies for the AG office's slaves. Or if
its correct, email the exported pdf back to them. I think that may be
the expected response from me.
You can do the annotations and directly print as file to a pdf-printer.
The resulting file can then be sent to the office. You might have to rename
the file because it will most certainly have a name like print.pdf which
is not very informative for storing.
Thanks for the warning. I'll be on the lookout for that. this thing
promises to take a while as 3 of the 6 pages are fill in the checkmarks
or blank area. The first 3 pages are all "if this, do this"
instructions, trying to cover all the bases in one swell foop.
Thanks again Eike, Take care, stay warm, dry & well please
Well yes, it's quite warm her in Asunción - about 34°C / 93°F
;-)
All the best
Eike
And I don't always remember that what I type can hit every piece of
cat-6 on the planet ;o)> <-big smiley with a white goatee.
Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ / ZP5CGE
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Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
