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Re: Tool recommendation to add form fields toexisting PDF-Document?
by Paulo Soares
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I use Acrobat to add fields and it works, I couldn't find anything better to create the templates.
Paulo
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> From: itext-questions-bounces@...
> [mailto:itext-questions-bounces@...] On
> Behalf Of Oliver Schoenwald
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: iText-questions@...
> Subject: [iText-questions] Tool recommendation to add form
> fields toexisting PDF-Document?
>
> Good morning,
>
> I'm currently using the free DTP-Tool Scribus on my
> Linux-Workstation to
> create PDF-Documents with form fields out of a document template
> (sometimes a Word file, sometimes a PDF-Document without form
> fields).
> With that tool, Scribus, I have to make a
> "Postscript-Printout as File"
> to get a PS file which I can import into the tool. Then I can add PDF
> form fields whereever I want. After that, I export the result
> as PDF and
> have what I need. Itext can insert the necessary values into the form
> fields as necessary.
>
> This works well, however the workflow seems a bit...awkward...for me.
>
> I first tried to use our licensed Acrobat to add edit form
> fields into a
> PDF document, but these form field seemed not to be fillable
> by Itext,
> as I was told in this Mailinglist several months ago. So I tried out
> Scribus and it worked.
>
> I would like to ask the community what tool(s) do you use to
> do what I
> do. Or maybe someone uses the same tool like me but knows a
> better way
> to accomplish it.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Oliver Schönwald
>
>
> --
> Oliver Schönwald, Diplom-Informatiker
>
> FernUniversität Hagen
> Zentrum für IT und Medien (ZMI) - Competence Center
> Anwendungsentwicklung
> Universitätsstr.21/AVZ - 58084 Hagen - Deutschland
> fon: +49 2331 987 1721 - email: oliver.schoenwald@...
>
>
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Paulo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itext-questions-bounces@...
> [mailto:itext-questions-bounces@...] On
> Behalf Of Oliver Schoenwald
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:52 AM
> To: iText-questions@...
> Subject: [iText-questions] Tool recommendation to add form
> fields toexisting PDF-Document?
>
> Good morning,
>
> I'm currently using the free DTP-Tool Scribus on my
> Linux-Workstation to
> create PDF-Documents with form fields out of a document template
> (sometimes a Word file, sometimes a PDF-Document without form
> fields).
> With that tool, Scribus, I have to make a
> "Postscript-Printout as File"
> to get a PS file which I can import into the tool. Then I can add PDF
> form fields whereever I want. After that, I export the result
> as PDF and
> have what I need. Itext can insert the necessary values into the form
> fields as necessary.
>
> This works well, however the workflow seems a bit...awkward...for me.
>
> I first tried to use our licensed Acrobat to add edit form
> fields into a
> PDF document, but these form field seemed not to be fillable
> by Itext,
> as I was told in this Mailinglist several months ago. So I tried out
> Scribus and it worked.
>
> I would like to ask the community what tool(s) do you use to
> do what I
> do. Or maybe someone uses the same tool like me but knows a
> better way
> to accomplish it.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Oliver Schönwald
>
>
> --
> Oliver Schönwald, Diplom-Informatiker
>
> FernUniversität Hagen
> Zentrum für IT und Medien (ZMI) - Competence Center
> Anwendungsentwicklung
> Universitätsstr.21/AVZ - 58084 Hagen - Deutschland
> fon: +49 2331 987 1721 - email: oliver.schoenwald@...
>
>
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