Re: [libreoffice-users] We want to create a questionnaire...

High Tom

do you really recommend a proprietary format like pdf in an open source 
environment?

You know, PDF is licensed by Adobe and even a simple end user has to subscribe 
a contract with this company. Have you ever read this license agreement? So 
PDF ist NOT free.

Walther

Am Mittwoch, 20. Juni 2012 schrieb Tom Davies:
> Hi :)
> Pdf is a fairly universal format and most people already have soem version
> of Adobe Reader on their machine because Pdf and Adobe are  so widespread. 
> There are better Pdf readers such as Foxit (also free) or OpenSource ones. 
> LibreOffice can read Pdf but editing them is tricky so it's best to keep an
> original in an OpenDocument Format such as Odt.  Foxit is very fast
> compared to the Adobe one and doesn't keep demanding you upgrade it but
> like i say most people already have an Adobe Reader installed. 
>
> Pdf tends to be downloadable rather than viewed and filled-in on a
> web-site. 
>
> Perhaps you are looking for an html answer?
> http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
> I'm not sure what you need on the server-side in order to keep track of the
> input.  It's one of those things i have managed to avoid needing so far but
> i really should get to grips with it as i am fairly sure our web-hosts
> already have everything we need just waiting to be used. 
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 20/6/12, JenS8 <jennys8.amabel@dfgh.net> wrote:
>
> From: JenS8 <jennys8.amabel@dfgh.net>
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] We want to create a questionnaire...
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Wednesday, 20 June, 2012, 2:10
>
> Hello,
>
> We want to create a questionaire that people can fill out on their
> computer and email back to us when complete.
>
> How can we create a document with the following properties:
>
> 1. When person clicks on a blank, they can type in their answer, and
> the "underline characters" [ _______ ] don't move to the right
> 2. We want some parts of the form to be uneditable. For example, the
> headers, the instructions, the text that says what we expect in every
> blank.
> 3.The document can be saved when completed, or even when partially
> completed 4. Check-boxes can be clicked on
> 5.Radio buttons (multiple choice) can be clicked on
> 6.The document is universal:
>    a. People using Windows, Mac, Linux, Playbook, tablets can work on the
> form
>    b. People don't have to download a special program to fill the form
>
>
> Thank you very much.
>
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