[ANSTHRLD] New Forms online

[Jennifer Smith]

I believe someone is working on doing this. In order to *create* an
editable-PDF form like this, you have to have the full program.  To fill it
out, you only need the reader.

-Emma


> -----Original Message-----
> From: heralds-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org 
> [mailto:heralds-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Alden Drake
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 9:07 AM
> To: Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] New Forms online
> 
> The only way I can think of to accomodate both sides is to 
> have a PDF form with editable fields, which will allow the 
> layout to remain *locked*.  The downside of this is that to 
> edit the fields, I think you need Adobe Acrobat (not just 
> Acrobat Reader - which is free). 
>  
> Alden
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com>
> To: Alasdair MacEogan <alasdair at bmhanson.net>; "Heralds List, 
> Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:28:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] New Forms online
> 
> 
> Alasdair figured out the secret. :)
> 
> We typically do NOT link to the DOC format versions (but 
> they're online all
> the same), to save Asterisk (and Bordure) headaches.
> 
> What headaches? The ones caused by submitters who are trying 
> to do us the
> favor of not having to decipher handwriting (and believe me, 
> that is a favor
> we're all grateful for!) but who, in the process, don't 
> realize that we need
> the form's formatting to remain exactly as-is, and 
> inadvertantly move stuff
> all over the page.
> 
> (Yes, I've had to redo forms like this entirely before...)
> 
> -Emma 
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