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Fillng in pdf forms - what are the options? (TMI isn't just a fun tourist spot)

Recently I've been bestowed with a section 8 housing voucher such that i could in reality move out of washngton, dc and some place more desirable (sans pot smoke) in any of the 50 states of the US.  But before ditching the DC I have to do another year here and so I have been looking for places i might like better than where i am now and In my apartment search i have become inundated with requests for 50$ to file applications and nearly all of those applications get emailed to me in pdf form that i'm expected to fill out and email back.  I don't have easy access to or money to pay to print the forms, hence my need for a tool to fill them out and save the info and email it back.
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: Fillng in pdf forms - what are the options? (TMI isn't just a fun tourist spot)

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Surprisingly, firefox itself can be used
ARMtix

Re: Fillng in pdf forms - what are the options? (TMI isn't just a fun tourist spot)

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So as i was amazed to hear firefox was an option i tried it out.  All seemed well until i hit a checkbox and i checked one box but it filled both.  This is the problem i have been having with these forms.  Tried both firefox and esr.

Tried to attach the pdf but this error comes from the forum:

Rental Application Market NEW.pdf : (2480 KB) Your file is too large. The maximum attachment size allowed is 2,048 KB.
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: Fillng in pdf forms - what are the options? (TMI isn't just a fun tourist spot)

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I'd probably just leave them unchecked and draw in one of them with the signature tool in Xournal++.

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Quote from: corysanin on Tue Nov 19 2024 12:34:45 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

I'd probably just leave them unchecked and draw in one of them with the signature tool in Xournal++.




flatpak to the rescue then...  TY!
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: Fillng in pdf forms - what are the options? (TMI isn't just a fun tourist spot)

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Libreoffice would probably do this.  Abiword has some pdf editing ability, not sure if it would be enough for this task, it would depend on the complexity of the pdf in question.

Re: Fillng in pdf forms - what are the options? (TMI isn't just a fun tourist spot)

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xournalpp is also in world, no flatpak necessary