Got a form sent as an email attachment that I had to fill in and return by email. In PDF format. Never seen this before and had thought most (free) progs that can load a PDF are read only. Including Acrobat Reader, which is my default app for PDFs.
To my surprise, a caret appeared in the dialogue boxes so I could fill them in and save it as a PDF.
Yes pdf's can be made with fill-in boxes. I made one as a trial membership form for a club.
I recently received a form like that from my GP.
Yes except I find that the idiots do not use accessible ways to do this so most blind people cannot fill them out and need to ask for the form in a doc format. Incidentally the Census is coming up in march, is iit12th? They apparently are asking everyone to do it on line this time. A big mistake, since most people I know have issues with their tesco online orders, never mind the complication of a census. Brian
If you click on the tab "Sign" and select "Fill and Sign", then, unless the security settings prevent it, you can write on, and save, any document.
Granted, it is a lot easier if they have set it up to fill in, but I find it useful for completing those tiny CN 22 customs forms, which I guess we will have to use even more these days.
Chris
ESA forms are like that.
PIP forms - most noticeably - *aren't*. You are expected to fill them in by hand. (I scanned SWMBOs in and turned it into a fillable PDF).
Acrobat Forms. I think
Chris J Dixon snipped-for-privacy@cdixon.me.uk> wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
It getting more complicated, an increasing number of countries are requiring customs progress to be trackable meaning that if your method of dispatch isn't tracked eg. RM International Standard then you need to use a barcoded CN22 (a CN22B) which is not available to fill in electronically.
My workaround is to complete the latest digital CN22 pdf form from the RM website then snip the barcode off a Post Office supplied CN22B and stick it immediately below as if it were part of the original form.
Be aware that not all POs are up to speed on this and will offer you the uncoded CN22A which is for tracked shipping only and also will not order in more CN22Bs when they run out as they think the CN22As will work fine. They will, for a while but they may incur greater customs delays and eventually will not be accepted.
The US is currently most strict leading to RM's introduction of World Zone
3 at increased cost, purely for the US.
Yup the PDF format supports forms, and most viewers will allow them to be viewed and filled. (although the default iPhone PDF viewer used to fail to show form layers in the documents).
You can also write Javascript code that links in with each element of the form content as well. So you can add validation and calculations to a form. For example I used to use a PDF form for doing invoices, and it will total up all the line entries, and the bottom line, plus VAT etc all by itself.
Historically you needed to have the full paid for version of Acrobat to do create that kind of stuff and not just the reader.
Which should also mean the 1921 census is now, or soon to be available for public inspection.
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