RE: PDF Documents

Len,

It's doable if you send the document with Adobe Pro and enable "Extend
Features in Adobe Reader" as shown below.

1. Go to Forms
2. Select Add or Edit Fields
3. Answer No to "Do you want Adobe to Detect Form Fields?'"
4. Go to Forms
5. Go to Form Tools
6. Select Digital Signatures check box, text box or whatever.
7. Go to Forms and close forms editing
8. Go to Advanced and select Extend Features in Adobe Reader.

This is the exact process I developed to get DIGITAL SIGNATURES of
compliance documents from users who have Adobe Reader only.

But I don't know how you could get the third party tool to do 1 - 8, I
do it myself.

Bryan BURNS



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Len Grieco
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:02 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: PDF Documents

I assume (I know), that the customers are using Adobe or some equivalent
to view the PDF, to clarify the point I mentioned about using software
is that we have been told they will not/can't install specific software
that will allow them to edit the PDF.

I apologize if I'm not being clear on what I'm asking.
I don't think I was clear as to the type of document.
- Document needs to allow simple input such as checking yes/no and space
provide for comments
- Each document is specific to individual customer
Example - Customer A may order 1 of everything we carry so the
follow-up letter needs to address their particular needs, did you
receive item 1, any comments etc etc.
Where as customer 2 may only order 2 items so naturally their
follow-up letter will be different, and so on and so on.


I'm not sure I understand about putting this on our web site. Perhaps
you mean for every customer I would have to have separate links for
their specific document?

Sorry I'm not that familiar with "web stuff". I'm am willing to
learn/do this, if this is what I need to make this work.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:39 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PDF Documents

Can you perhaps re-phrase your requirement?

If they don't want to use software to edit it, how do they expect it

to happen? That just doesn't make sense - you can't even view a PDF
without software (unless you've already printed it <grin>).

_Something_ has to do the data entry. It can be done programatically

or manually. If the PDF is built (or
edited) to contain PDF Form elements - which is how the government
forms mentioned earlier work - then the data entry can be done in
any browser with the free Adobe Reader (or equivalent) installed.


Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



On Nov 17, 2010, at 10:02 AM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I have suggested this option also, I was told the

customers (and there

are many) do not want to have to pay/use software to edit

the PDF.

They want to receive the attached PDF in there email and auto
magically be able to edit it and send it back to us

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