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

Hi :)
Yes, sadly i do realise that Pdf is a fairly ethically bad format BUT i do have to live in the real 
world too.  Pdf is difficult to avoid and there doesn't seem to be much alternative yet.  One of 
the key requirements of the op was that no special program would have to be installed.  Pdf readers 
are likely to already be installed on most peoples systems.  The docs team have offered one of the 
guides as e-pub but pdf remains dominant.  

I would recommend moving away from Adobe Reader because there are a lot of alternatives and i think 
they are almost all better.  Adobe seems to have frequent 'security' updates but many would claim 
that it needs them because it is so widely used that it is a target.  The theory is that if other 
programs were so widespread then they would have similar level of trouble.  It's a poor argument 
but appears popular with people that refuse to try alternatives.  

Pdf is free (small f) just not Free in a Libre sense.  
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Wed, 20/6/12, Walther Koehler <w.koehler@onlinemed.de> wrote:

From: Walther Koehler <w.koehler@onlinemed.de>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] We want to create a questionnaire...
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 20 June, 2012, 9:58

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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