Re: A new type of PDF

[Elizabeth Klisiewicz <eklisiewicz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Acrobat allows you to make form fields, but you need
the full version. You can then distribute the file to
people with Reader who can fill in the fields. It has
nothing to do with Frame.
--- balson <balson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> 	Hi, I am a longtime lurker in this group, but find
> that I now need to 
> ask a question. I recently ran intoa PDF file about
> a week or 2 ago that blew 
> away my whole perception of what PDF is. The PDF
> file in question I happened to 
> download from the Massachusetts Secretary of State
> home page. I needed to fill 
> out some forms, sign them and fax them back to the
> SoS's office.
> 	
> 	SoI download the PDF file and to my astonishment,
> there were text fields 
> to fill out tyat I could actually type into, save,
> and email the PDF file back 
> to them. Which I did, happily.
> 	
> 	I have always thought PDF was a static 'viewing'
> type of format. I was 
> blown away by these dynamic fields that I could
> enter text into from a computer, 
> and then save the PDF file when done.
> 	
> 	So my question is this:
> 	
> 		How can I create a PDF file like this?
> 
> 	I currently use Framemaker 7.1 on Solaris. Was this
> form I used even 
> created with Framemaker? If so, how do I do that? If
> not, then what tools and 
> what platform do I need to goto to be able to create
> PDF files like this.
> 
> 	Sorry if this might be out of place in this
> newsgroup, but I don't know 
> where else to turn. I'm a software developer who
> uses Framemmaker on occasion 
> for dicumentation.
> 	
> 		
> 	
> Thanks, Jim
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----------------------
> Jim
> balson AT comcast DOT net
> 
> 
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