Paul,

FYI: This is from the Research Administration list serve that I get;
thought it may be something to be aware of in IRTS.

>>> xxxxxx@JSB-CONSULTING.COM 11/10/2004 2:29:36 PM >>>
I have not read all of the comments on PDF forms but I am an expert in
PDF
forms and can probably answer any questions you may have. I have also
be
test the newest version of Acrobat and Adobe came out with a new
product
called designer that is an xml based formed package that allows import
and
export of XML files and created the form in PDF or XML or both. That
is
available today for the enterprise system but soon will be released as
a
individual product. I created a PDF form from the Grants.Gov RR XML
database
and made it interactive and it now produces the Grants.Gov xml
DataStream.

So if anyone has any specific questions I may be able to answer them or
send
you to an Adobe person that can.

Joe Bass
JSB Consulting, LLC
Managing Member
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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
Behalf Of
Elsa Nadler
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:11 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] pdf forms

If you own the full Adobe Acrobat, you can create iPDF forms from the
"plain" PDFs. You must create the original PDF first, anyway. Then
using the
forms tool in Acrobat, you construct the fillable spaces. It is
actually
quite easy to do, once you have figured out all the ways to handle it
and
all the wonderful things that can be done with PDF forms. If anyone
needs
help doing this, let me know.
 Elsa Nadler

Elsa G. Nadler
Grants Manager
Department of Community Medicine
1 Medical Center Drive
PO Box 9190
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-9190

Tel: 304/293-3546
Fax: 304/293-6685

>>> xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU 09-Nov-04 12:53:20 PM >>>

Good question!  I think that you CANNOT convert regular PDF to iPDF (if
only
because the spaces for filling have not likely been defined as Fields).
 But
I'm not sure.  Would an expert please reply?

C. Hathaway

At 12:36 PM 11/9/2004, you wrote:
>We regularly use government forms that are created as pdf files, but
>aren't fillable. Is there newer, more user-friendly software
available
>that we can use to convert these forms to an interactive format? Or
do
>we need to keep the typewriter running a little longer?
>
>--
>Diane M. Schmitz
>Grant & Research Development
>Eastern Washington University
>Cheney WA 99004-2444
>
>
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