Pdf Fillable Form (Scribus)

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Pdf Fillable Form (Scribus)

#1 Post by juverax »

How to create a PDF fillable form with Scribus ?

I found two tutorials:

1) https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Your_fi ... th_Scribus
Note that this tutorial was last edited on 14 January 2011 and is based on Scribus 1.3.3.10 or above.
The interface may have changed and I could not complete the tutorial in 10 minutes .... maybe bcz of lack of time and patience .... :mrgreen:

2) https://www.lollyjeanne.com/create-edit ... d-scribus/

See also viewtopic.php?p=70585 ( PDF Forms Designer, requires Java )

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FYI and general crossreference, Scribus forum topic is at viewtopic.php?t=250...

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#3 Post by juverax »

At Midas: Sorry about that.
Should I delete my post and recreate it in viewtopic.php?t=250 ?

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@juverax: Not at all, you should post at your own discretion, never mind my OCD ways... :mrgreen:

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#5 Post by juverax »

Midas: Thank you for your reply.
Actually, before creating this new thread, I was thinking of adding a comment in the main Scribus thread, but my goal was to emphasize the fact that TPFC does not have many tools for editing interactive PDF forms, and to alert on the availability of such tools. (Note: Adobe InDesign may have this functionality, but currently, it is not installed on my computer, so I don't know).
To the best of my knowledge so far I found only one: viewtopic.php?p=70585
which I did not test ( ;>{ )


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#7 Post by Midas »

juverax wrote: ... my goal was to emphasize the fact that TPFC does not have many tools for editing interactive PDF forms, and to alert on the availability of such tools. (Note: Adobe InDesign may have this functionality, but currently, it is not installed on my computer, so I don't know).
Agreed. 8)

Doesn't PDF-Xchange Editor work for that?

Plus, I haven't used InDesign in a very, very long time but I'm quite sure it does have that functionality.

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