From: troppo on
Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:AOGxhMMtpcOMFwaP(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk:

> In message <Xns9DB2E8BB45FD3MartinClark(a)210.8.230.25>, Martin Clark
> <mclark19(a)aapt.net.au> writes
>>JD <JD(a)No-where.con> wrote in news:89sptoF4kuU1(a)mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> Ian Jackson wrote:
>>>> In message <Xns9DB251A78AD3Dtroppo19(a)210.8.230.25>, troppo
>>>> <troppo19(a)gmail.com> writes
>>>>> JD <JD(a)No-where.con> wrote in news:89rq2tFqagU1(a)mid.individual.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> [stuff deleted]

Hi Ian & JD,

My fiddling with PDFXView resulted from needing to fill in a business
invoice form and an "Employment Separation Certificate" recently. The
invoice was fairly easy, but the ESC was tricky. Acrobat Reader 6 wouldn't
save either of them. PDFView picked up locked functions in the ESC, eg it
wasn't possible to change the text from blue to black, so I guess the
results are going to depend on what's locked in the original, and maybe
some pages and/or parts have locks and some don't?

I have a feeling that my former employers will simply print the file and
send the hand-completed result through the post. One section in their
Finance Department is still using a dial-up modem. Wouldn't be surprised if
they are running Kermit as well :-(

I might try Irfanview for comparison. Or maybe the sensible thing would be
to try it in PDFXView, if it works, ok, if not, fill it in manually and
scan the results.