Re: pdf forms from Social Security

["Anders Holmberg" <andersh pipkrokodil nu>]

Hello!
This may be an off-topic answer but it can be helpfull.
Try to mail the link to the following adress:
pdf2txt adobe com with no subject and then put the link in the textbody.
You can also send the link to pdf2html adobe com 
/Anders.
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Från: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak chartermi net>
Till: <blinux-list redhat com>
Skickat: den 4 augusti 2002 16:48
Ämne: pdf forms from Social Security


> does anybody know whether or not there is a way to read the pdf forms on
the
> social security site? I tried pdftotext and they did not come out legible.
> I also tried using google; the text version link got me a 'not found" and
> the html link (I put in the url for a particular form) got me the same
> illegible form that I got when trying to use pdftotext.
> For an example, one of the forms i tried to access was
> http://www.ssa.gov/online/ssa-632.pdf
> Also,
> is there any way to print these files to a printer short of finding
somebody
> with
> a Windows system to do it?
> SSA provides just about nothing as far as their forms in accessible
format, and
> if they are going to
> say their website provides that, their pdf files certainly don't appear to
be
> accessible to me. Ironically, the instructions for the forms are right on
the
> website, but the explanation is such that you have to be able to look at
the
> form to understand the instructions.
>
> Cheryl
>
>
>
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