OpenOffice / PDF question

[J. Schaap]

In OOo2.x Java has to be enabled. Open a XML Form (Under: File > New >
XML Form Document). Insert text boxes, Option buttons, Check boxes, etc.
Safe file or export to pdf. In Adobe reader 7.0 the fields can be
filled, clicked etc. 
I have made some simple forms with fillable text and check boxes and
exported these as fillable pdf forms. All in Linux, including Adobe
Reader. Adobe Reader will not save the the file but it can be printed (A
popup in Adobe Reader will tell you to print) as a postscript file. Of
course this ps file cannot be edited.
I assume that list boxes, combo boxes will work too.


On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 13:33 -0400, Madison Kelly wrote:
> Yes, but the question is can it create PDFs with user-input fields (a la 
> government forms and such).
> 
> Madison
> 
> Paul Sutton wrote:
> > Openoffice.org can export files to PDF,
> > Paul
> > 
> > Madison Kelly wrote:
> > 
> >> Iain Russell wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> There's a program called PDFcreator (you'll find it on SourceForge), 
> >>> that allows you to generate a
> >>> pdf file from a separate application - I use it with MS Word, Excel, 
> >>> but there might be a version
> >>> that works with OpenOffice applications...not sure...
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Iain,
> >>
> >>   Nope, only for Windows. Looked like a neat program otherwise though. 
> >> I have a windows machine here at work that I might try installing it 
> >> on if I can't find any other way to do it.
> >>
> >>   Thanks!
> >>
> >> Madison
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