PDF as forms

Paul Johnson pauljohn32 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 18 18:27:34 UTC 2007


On 7/17/07, Craig White <craig at tobyhouse.com> wrote:
> Looking for a way to do 'forms' which I can easily scan into PDF format
> but Ghostview/Evince/KPDF/Acrobat Reader do not have any provision for a
> text tool to place text over the top of these scanned pages.
>
> The only way I can conceive to do this is to split it page by page and
> open each with say GIMP but that is a real PITA.
>

I've just learned that the KDE document program kword can open pdf
files and converts them into an editable format.

See if you can't make a form in there and gobble in your text entries,
like doing a "form letter" to mass mail your friends.



-- 
Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas




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