On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 08:33 -0500, Sam Martin wrote: > On 8/24/07, Jon Schewe wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 18:43 -0500, Sam Martin wrote: > > > On 8/24/07, Jon Schewe wrote: > > > > Ok, here's a challenge. I've got an OpenOffice form that I use for > > > > maintenance requests for my townhouse. I fill in the form fields and > > > > save the document in OpenOffice format and when I open it everything is > > > > ok. Now I want to save it as a PDF so that people without OpenOffice > > > > can open it (ie. the management company). Whenever I do export to PDF I > > > > get the blank form, rather than the filled in form. Does anyone know > > > > how to do this? > > > > > > The toolbar button bypasses the options dialog (see the OO.org help > > > under "PDF Export" for more). You can use "File"->"Export as PDF" to > > > get an options dialog after you choose the output file. There's a > > > checkbox for "Create PDF Form" in the "General" tab which, when > > > disabled, should spit out the contents of the form instead of trying > > > to make a form which can be filled out by users (which seems to be > > > acroread-specific). > > > > I believe the option you're referring to is "submit forms in format" and > > the choices are "PDF", "FDF", "HTML", "XML". I have tried all of these > > and there is no difference. I believe these have to do with once you've > > filled in the form, how does it get sent back through the web. > > Nope, on my install of OO.org 2.2.0 (an up-to-date ubuntu feisty box, > for the record), it's "Create PDF Form," although you may also specify > the submit method. Perhaps you're on a different version? Ahh, yes. I have 2.0. (Stock opensuse 10.2). ________________________________________________________________________ Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe If you see an attachment named signature.asc, this is my digital signature. See http://www.gnupg.org for more information. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39