[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: PS viewer and Acrobat Reader 9

[Fred James]

Stuart Johnston wrote:
> On 02/11/2011 04:01 PM, Fred James wrote:
>> Stuart Johnston wrote:
>>> (omissions for brevity)
>>>> That would work if Acrobat 9 was not required to be able to fill in 
>>>> the
>>>> fillable form ... only print to file option there is *.ps
>>>
>>> Have you tried evince for filling in the original PDF? It worked with
>>> the IRS PDF I tried but if your PDFs are locked somehow, I don't know.
>>>
>>> Did you have any luck converting the PS file to PDF using Chris's
>>> script or ps2pdf directly?
>> 'evince' is (on this fillable form at least) quirky at best ...
>> tab to the next field does not work
>> check boxes do not work (do not fill)
>> clicking on the next field can make the contents of the last field
>> "disappear" ... clicking on that "disappeared" field brings the contents
>> back
>
> Checkboxes work for me with 2.32.0.  You might check and see if you 
> can upgrade.
I shall check on that (currently running 2.20.0)
Regards
Fred James