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

Josef Lowder wrote:
> 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?

Kolourpaint is pretty simple.

JPG is fine, just make sure you don't let it get too grainy.
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