Early thoughts on FC3
Clint Harshaw
clint at penguinsolutions.org
Wed Apr 28 12:44:27 UTC 2004
> Just curious, why do so many users go and get acrobat reader?
> I've always just used ghostview/kghostview for pdf files without a problem.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
>
Hi Daniel:
I need acroread at the office, because the accounting office requests
certain forms to be filled in online, prior to printing, signing and
submitting. I can understand their wanting it done that way, since the
form carries out the computations for the user, thus reducing errors and
subsequent delays.
I tried gpdf, xpdf, ghostview and kghostview with a sample form, and was
unable to complete the form -- if it's possible, please share with us
how to do it.
Heck, gpdf in FC1 doesn't even have a print option! Odd, considering
.pdf documents are routinely headed for a printer. <grin> Of course we
can all type lpr filename.pdf at the terminal prompt, but this is simply
a glaring omission for a .pdf viewer app.
For large documents with many chapters, acroread has the benefit of
thumbnails.
Until those features are available in a version that fits with Fedora,
it's nice to have a choice that will allow us to get our work done.
Hope this answers your question.
Clint
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