Yes, my doctor office once gave me a PDF form that all you could do was print out the thing and then fill it in by hand. Go figure. The least they could have done was make it so it could be filled in on the computer, even if you couldn't save it out. I have seen some state forms that let you fill in the information on the computer, but then you have to print it without saving. Whatever the author determines, I guess, is what you can do. The other thing is, sometimes they are inaccessible until you go into the accessibility options to fix it. Sometimes doesn't work for me.
Regards, Gigi On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:52 AM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > Thank you for all of the good suggestions. I have a question with reference > to the type of form. Are there forms that will not lend themselves to be > filled out on the computer regardless of whether one has adobe acrobat or > not? I have heard, there are some government forms that are coated in such a > way that will not permit one to fill them out on the computer. Is this true? > Once filled out, I can sign them. I just can't see to read them. > > Pam Francis > > On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Actually, I was reading some documentation the other day and it mentioned > that Preview works for editable PDFs. Open your document in Preview, select > Edit from within the ToolBar, then select the TextTool from within the Edit > ToolBar and you should be able to fill out pdf forms. I tried it on a form I > had here and it appeared to work fine. I have heard others on this list > complain loudly about Preview but it works fine for me. I usually press > cmd-2 to put it into "Single Page" mode and it works much better for me that > way. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-02-12, at 9:36 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi Pam >> I have some unfortunate news here. This issue of editing good old PDF forms >> is an issue we have talked about before and will no doubt talk again until >> it is resolved. Unless you put Windows on your Mac and download Adobe >> Acrobat Reader to your computer, there is not yet a good way to do this on >> the Mac if you're blind. >> >> At someone's suggestion, I put PDFpen on my Mac, but it's partially >> inaccessible. You might as well join some of the rest of us in squawking >> about this. >> Regards, >> Gigi who still hates PDF files >> >> On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:50 AM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> I receive forms from my state periodically to re- determine my eligibility >>> for state funds. Does anyone know of an accessible means to reliably fill >>> out the paperwork on the computer, printed, and sign it? I can print it, I >>> can sign it. However filling out the forms is a major issue. I cannot read >>> snail mail. To my knowledge, Microsoft office, is not accessible on the >>> Mac. Not sure if their version of PDF, will work with the forms. Please >>> help? >>> >>> Pam Francis >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
