** Description changed: Binary package hint: evince - PDF forms created using pdftex/pdflatex cannot be edited using evince. - They work fine in acroread/acrobat. + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) + Release: 15.04 + + 2) apt-cache policy evince + evince: + Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + + 3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following PDF created using pdftex/pdflatex, the form may be edited, just like in Adobe Reader: + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/167511/+files/simpleform.pdf + + 4) What happens instead is it is not editable. + + WORKAROUND: Open it in Chrome's built-in PDF reader. + + apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable:i386 + google-chrome-stable:i386: + Installed: 39.0.2171.95-1 + Candidate: 39.0.2171.95-1 + Version table: + *** 39.0.2171.95-1 0 + 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Attachment removed: "FDF description of the fields embedded in the PDF." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/427367/+files/simpleform.fdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159032 Title: form support does not work with forms created by pdflatex Status in Evince document viewer: Expired Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: evince 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 2) apt-cache policy evince evince: Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following PDF created using pdftex/pdflatex, the form may be edited, just like in Adobe Reader: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/167511/+files/simpleform.pdf 4) What happens instead is it is not editable. WORKAROUND: Open it in Chrome's built-in PDF reader. apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable:i386 google-chrome-stable:i386: Installed: 39.0.2171.95-1 Candidate: 39.0.2171.95-1 Version table: *** 39.0.2171.95-1 0 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/159032/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
