[Elecraft] K3 and Docs in general... [END of Thread]

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft eric at elecraft.com
Wed Dec 8 20:37:13 EST 2010


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73, Eric  WA6HHQ
Elecraft list moderator
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> With Adobe Acrobat Professional you can create PDF forms that are
> explicitly meant to be "editable" so the customer can fill in
> appropriate fields.  I will occasionally load a PDF in to this program
> and convert fields to form fields so I do not have to print, write,
> and scan a form.
>
> 73, Byron N6NUL
>
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:41 PM, John Ragle<tpcj1r03 at crocker.com>  wrote:
>> Quoting W5WVO, whose email is blocked from external access...
>>
>> "PDF is not intended to be an editable format. It is intended to be a
>> distribution format. While extremely minor tweaks can be made in a PDF
>> as a last-minute fix, there is no "secret unlock key" that turns Acrobat
>> into a word processor."
>>
>> Re: editing PDF files...what he says is unfortunately not true. It turns
>> out (with a little research) that there are several PDF editors
>> available. They are sufficiently adept to permit annotation.


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