Opening the irs f1040 form for 2012:
f1040.pdf
with LibreOffice4.1.2.3 on my ubuntu system:
~/prog_dev/LibreOffice/file_conversion/inp $ uname -a
Linux evansl-Inspiron-531 3.2.0-57-generic #87-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12
21:35:10 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
~/prog_dev/LibreOffice/file_conversion/inp $
and saving as f1040.fodg did not preserve the field types.
IOW, the checkboxes in the .pdf were coded as:
<draw:polygon draw:style-name="gr5" draw:layer="layout"
svg:width="0.281cm" svg:height="0.281cm" svg:x="4.642cm" svg:y="7.267cm"
svg:viewBox="0 0 282 282" draw:points="0,282 282,282 282,0 0,0">
<text:p/>
</draw:polygon>
<draw:frame draw:style-name="gr45" draw:layer="layout"
svg:width="0.273cm" svg:height="0.336cm" svg:x="4.161cm" svg:y="7.264cm">
<draw:text-box>
<text:p text:style-name="P1"><text:span
text:style-name="T13">2 </text:span></text:p>
</draw:text-box>
</draw:frame>
<draw:frame draw:style-name="gr47" draw:layer="layout"
svg:width="7.249cm" svg:height="0.336cm" svg:x="5.08cm" svg:y="7.27cm">
<draw:text-box>
<text:p text:style-name="P1"><text:span
text:style-name="T7">Married filing jointly (even if only one had
income) </text:span></text:p>
</draw:text-box>
</draw:frame>
which gives no indication its a checkbox of any sort. The same is
true of text fields because the "First Name and intial" field is coded
as:
<draw:frame draw:style-name="gr176" draw:layer="layout"
svg:width="3.922cm" svg:height="0.336cm" svg:x="1.34cm" svg:y="3.05cm">
<draw:text-box>
<text:p text:style-name="P1"><text:span
text:style-name="T25">YourFirstNameAndInitial</text:span></text:p>
</draw:text-box>
</draw:frame>
Are there any plans to actually convert the fields into some form of
xform fields which are currently available in LibreOffice writer:
https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/XML_Form_Documents_XForms
?
TIA.
-regards,
Larry Evans
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