Re: Adobe Acrobat ERA-type question Wilma G. Ennenga 20 Mar 1998 07:50 EST
Gleen, I'm also interested in this issue. Can an Adobe Acrobat file created by someone else be modified without access to their ORIGINAL file? Winnie At 07:27 PM 3/19/1998 -0600, you wrote: >Glenn - > >Most of those forms can be made into interactive forms (which can be >completed with nothing more than the Acrobat Reader, the free software). >To do this you need Acrobat Exchange which has several tools, including >form fields which can be inserted and customized for various options, >e.g., font, number of characters, etc. You can also use Exchange to >create forms which launch other applications, for instance, if the >indirect costs are limited or there is required cost share, you can launch >Excel from inside the Acrobat form and complete calculations on >underrecovery and total cost share. Exchange can do many more things >which are quite useful (direct web link, launch an email message, ...). I >urge you to check out the full Acrobat package which includes the Reader >(free portion), Acrobat Exchange, and Acrobat Distiller (postscript >handler). If you have specific questions, contact me directly at my >personal email address. I may be able to give you some assistance. > >Rosemary > >On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Glenn Krell wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Here is a general interest ERA (electronic research administration) >> question. One facet of ERA is that many of us download various agency >> forms from the web using Adobe Acrobat. >> >> Has anyone had any success making those pdf (portable document format) >> forms into "interactive" forms using Acrobat 3.01? Note that that is the >> software you pay for, as opposed to the free software available at >> http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html for reading and >> printing pdf files from websites (quite useful by the way). >> >> The problem we are having is: we download and print these agency pdf forms, >> and then have to use a typewriter to fill them out. Has anyone made >> progress in this area? or is there a better method for doing this? >> >> Many thanks in advance! >> - Glenn Krell >> > >____________________________________________________________________________ >***************************************************************************** >Rosemary H. Ruff VOICE: 334-844-4438 >Assistant Director FAX: 334-844-5953 >Contracts & Grants Administration EMAIL: xxxxxx@mail.auburn.edu >Auburn University, AL 36849-5131 >Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et >fructuosis potiri potes! > > Wilma G. Ennenga Grant and Contract Administrator Office of Grant and Contract Services Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4130 (520) 523-8319 (520) 523-1075 (fax)