Early thoughts on FC3

[Clint Harshaw]

> 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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Clint Harshaw  <clint at penguinsolutions.org>