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 -- Clint Harshaw <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
