[NTLUG:Discuss] Tax forms

[jpmiller@quorumhost.com]

That is true. Acrobat reader has supported pdfs and electronic forms for some
time now (specified fields are editable).

the advantage of pdf is consistent display, not specifically to be print ready. 
 postscript is a print ready file format, portable document format is meant to
be displayed anywhere.

as for linux readers that support all pdf features, I guess adobe hasn't been
real dedicated to the portable so much as the document format.

Quoting Lance Simmons <lance at lsimmons.net>:

> * Terry Henderson <trryhend at gmail.com> [050123 17:47]:
> >
> > (If you're acquiring the forms in .pdf format, the intention is to
> > just print them as they are, hand write or use a typewriter to edit
> > them and send them via snail-mail as hard copies.)
> >
> > .pdf is a graphics format.  Logically, you'd get the forms in text
> > format, (i.e. .doc format), edit as needed, and use OO to export to
> > .pdf then print or email them as needed.
>
> As I understand it, later versions of Acrobat Reader allow for
> authorized readers to modify forms that are in pdf format.  Adobe has
> published such viewers for Windows and Mac, but not for Linux.
>
> --
> Lance Simmons
>
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