Re: How to fill-in a pdf form with Open Office in Linux?

On 11/27/08, Tuna <tuna@supertunaman.com> wrote:
> Josef Lowder wrote:
> > How can I fill-in a pdf form with Open Office in Linux?
> >
> > Or, alternatively, how can I import a pdf document or a scanned jpg
> > image into an Open Office document and then write some content over
> > the top of that to fill in text in certain designated areas?
>
> No. :(
>
> You could open the PDF up in a viewer, set it to full-screen view,
> rotate it 90 degrees, take a screenshot, save as .png, open up the .png
> in a graphics editor, rotate it 270 degrees, and then fill in the text
> using the text tool.
>
> Save, import into OpenOffice, export as PDF.
>
> I can do the first few steps for you if you want.

Thanks, Tuna.

I have already created an image (jpg rather than png but I could
convert it); but I don't know what graphics editor would be practical
and efficient for filling in a letter-length text block. Gimp seems very
cumbersome to me. Are there other simpler options?
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