Freeware Recommendations for PDF Documents that user can enter data

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ChgoDeb

Hello,

I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce PDF forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I am searching for a freeware alternative.

ChgoDeb
 
My bad...sent it HTML...please forgive me


Hello,

I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class
reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce PDF
forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I am
searching for a freeware alternative.

ChgoDeb
 
ChgoDeb said:
My bad...sent it HTML...please forgive me


Hello,

I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class
reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce
PDF forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I
am searching for a freeware alternative.

ChgoDeb
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AFAIK, ther isn't any PDF creator that will allow you to do this.

But you might want to check out:

Name: Miraplacid Form Lite
Vers: 2.0
Auth: Miraplacid
Site: http://www.miraplacid.com/
Down: Miraplacid Form Lite
PLic: Freeware
BLic: Shareware
Note: On the offical site, ther is a new version witch *IS* shareware,
the download link might lead to an older freeware version
Info:
Miraplacid Form is for filling out and printing scanned forms or forms
in read-only documents. Package includes Miraplacid Form Designer and
Miraplacid Form Viewer. Scan a form, load it to Miraplacid Form Designer,
add input fields and push a button to open the form in the Miraplacid Form
Viewer. Fill the form and print it.
You can save form layout and fill the form again later.
Miraplacid Form is free supported software. Microsoft .NET required.


MightyKitten
 
ChgoDeb asked:
I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class =
reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce =
PDF forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?
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Depends. Do you want them to be able to save the data locally? If so, no.

If you'd be content w/ their just printing out a filled in form, or posting it
to a web server which you set up, pdftex, LaTeX and the hyperref package can do
this.

http://www.tug.org should get you started.

William
 
What I was hoping for was something I could email to members of my class
that they could easily fill out and then email back to me. I would then
either print them or put the data into a database.

Neither one of the programs suggested looks like it can do this.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

If not, I guess I will just do it as a text (.txt) document that they can
fill out or a MS Word document.

ChgoDeb
 
Wat about creating an html form? There are a douzain or so ready made
scripts for all kind of internet languages (vrom asp, cgi, perl and php to
javascript, visual basic script and flash. You just need to adjust them and
put in the right email adress. Mail the link to everyone you know and asktem
so fill in your questionaire. There are enough freeware webhosting providers
with php/perl/cgi possibilities. or you might even try the System
Administrator of your school. If he isn't a real ***hole and has some time
to spare (ask very politly, invest in a bottle of good whisky, ect,
ect...;-) he/she will help )

There are even online quizes/polls creators (never tested them though).

I suggest you do a google yourself, since I only encounterd them while
searching for ohter scripts. I nevr botherd to bookmark or write down the
adresses.

Mightykitten
 
I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce PDF forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I am searching for a freeware alternative.

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There once was available a freeware product called:

Canon Mediator ver 5 ... a package of almost 20 Meg, which did very
much what the full Adobe Acrobat package does today.

The URL for downloading was: http://tinyurl.com/yt76j

I say WAS, because the site doesn't seem to response anymore.
If it becomes an impossibility to find, I am happy to upload it to somebody's
website if they want to offer the space. Remember, it's 20 meg in size.
 
"Chief Suspect" <chief said:
Found it! Canon Mediator 5 (Adobe Acrobat clone) 20Meg size
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It's registerware. Do you know if it's still possible to install - does
the Canon registration process still work?
 
Chief said:
I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school
class reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to
produce PDF forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I
am searching for a freeware alternative.

=============

There once was available a freeware product called:

Canon Mediator ver 5 ... a package of almost 20 Meg, which did very
much what the full Adobe Acrobat package does today.

The URL for downloading was: http://tinyurl.com/yt76j

I say WAS, because the site doesn't seem to response anymore.
If it becomes an impossibility to find, I am happy to upload it to
somebody's
website if they want to offer the space. Remember, it's 20 meg in size.
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A working download here
http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?h...0&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&as_qdr=all
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Its a Spanish site, translated by google.
 
The file I got from another site won't instal because the Canon
registration system doesn't respond.
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It is possible to install (hint FAX) but Mediator does NOT output PDF
 
Better hint please
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at the start of the install there is an ini file in a temp directory
that has a line controlling whether or not you get the opportunity to
register by fax. Edit, save and proceed with entering details.
 
Chief said:
I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school
class reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to
produce PDF forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I
am searching for a freeware alternative.

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Not in PDF, but in HTML, there is a software pachage that will build web
forms for you. It's on Pablo Van Der Meer's site.
http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/web_builder.html


John Hood E-mail: (e-mail address removed) Website: John's Best of Freeware:
http://home.wi.rr.com/johnhood/freeware/
 
Hello,

I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce PDF
Click to expand...
forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?
I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I am
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searching for a freeware alternative.
ChgoDeb
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If you want to use the output from a current application, rather than learn
something new like Open Office, there is a web site
(http://www.ps2pdf.com/convert/index.htm) that will convert postscript files
to PDF for you without charge.

What you do is
- install the driver for a postscript printer
- print the output from your program to this printer but save it to a file
- go to the website
- identify the file to be converted
- the website creates a PDF version of your file that you can open and
download back to your computer.

The great advantage of this site is that it lets you convert the printed
output from _any_ application to a PDF.

Ed
 
Thank you to everyone that has responded to my quest.

I will look into the serveral options that you all have suggested and
hopefully will find a way to get the alumni information sent to me in a
form.

Respectfully yours,

ChgoDeb


Hello,

I have a questionnaire I would like to submit to my high school class
reunion members.

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will allow you to produce PDF
forms that can be filled in by the person you send it to?

I know you can do this with the full version of Adobe Acrobat, but I am
searching for a freeware alternative.

ChgoDeb
 
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