On 1/21/24 13:32, Stefan Monnier wrote:
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.
FWIW, the world of "filling PDFs online" is a painful one with lots of
hidden traps. My understanding is that what you probably want to do is
fill the "holes" of a "PDf form" that were placed there on purpose in
the PDF (it's not just empty space on the page, but the PDF includes
some side-information telling the PDF viewer/editor that this is a hole
that can filled. For some elements, it can also include a list of
options from which to select).
What is usually described as "annotations" in this context is something
different, more like extra text you can put anywhere you like but which
will appear in a special way because it's labeled as an annotation, more
like what you'd use to add comments about a text you were asked
to review.
When I fill a PDF form, Evince lets me just click on the fields I need
to fill (and hit TAB to move from field to field). After that, I need
to save the result (and the UI expects me to use a different file name
for that), otherwise it's happily thrown away silently. Also the
selection of fields (with TAB or clicks) is often fiddly.
I haven't bothered to try other PDF viewers (like Atril or Okulus).
Stefan
I think I installed 5 or 5, some were already installed, but the only
one I found that actually worked was fldsed, but it has its own limits.
you click where you want to start typing, brings up the pipe symbol, use
the keyboard arrow keys to fine tune the location of the |, start
typing, | expands into a box surrounding what you type. /Check your
speeling and look for typu's, you must destructive backspace to correct
them BEFORE hitting Enter, which makes it permanent.
Anyway, pain in the butt though it was, I finally exported it as a pdf,
It can't print unless you can remember the lpr syntax, and then reloaded
it into Okular and printed two copies, one for me and one to mail back
to Charleston.
Thank you all that tried to help.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program. ;o)>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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