Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:

I've used Okular for the past few years to fill out tax forms. I download them from irs.gov, fill them out, print them, and mail them in. So far,
it's worked like a champ.

I managed to finish the job with qpdfview, but will try okular.
Thanks very much for writing!

bob prohaska

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I've tried qpdfview from the Accessories menu. It works on some
files but not others.

It turns out qpdf does work, with an odd quirk: When downloaded and
opened, the forms don't display correctly. If edited, saved and opened
again, the form displays OK. It's still unclear how the forms will
print, but it's a start.

Thanks for reading, any alternatives to qpdfview are still welcome!

I found with qpdfview that the forms would print but the text I added to
them was not on the form. I had better luck with evince, but your mileage
may vary.

This was with US IRS forms. In past I actually had trouble getting them to save and print correctly when using adobe on a Windows machine.


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In article <709150133@f1.n770.z20029.fidonet.org>,
Mike Powell <nospam.Mike.Powell@f1.n770.z20029.fidonet.org> wrote:

I found with qpdfview that the forms would print but the text I added to
them was not on the form. I had better luck with evince, but your mileage >may vary.

This was with US IRS forms. In past I actually had trouble getting them to >save and print correctly when using adobe on a Windows machine.

I've used Okular for the past few years to fill out tax forms. I download
them from irs.gov, fill them out, print them, and mail them in. So far,
it's worked like a champ.

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On 28/02/2024 19:13, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:

I've used Okular for the past few years to fill out tax forms. I download >> them from irs.gov, fill them out, print them, and mail them in. So far,
it's worked like a champ.

I managed to finish the job with qpdfview, but will try okular.

For whatever reason, you seem to have to "show forms" before okular will
allow you to edit them. Irritating; otherwise seems to work.


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