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Subject:    Re: [opensuse] What happened to Adobe Acrobat reader
From:       Ricardo Chung <ricardo.a.chung () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-07-23 1:17:53
Message-ID: 52080088.VY6uWHiBgD () linux-hcd4 ! site
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On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 02:20:15 AM Carlos E. R. wrote:
> El 2014-07-22 a las 18:59 -0500, Ricardo Chung escribió:
> > +1 That's the way to work on Non Government Form or Non Security Form. If
> > you make it this way the original form will lose the certificates. You
> > are editing a original PDF so is not filling an original form.
> > 
> > So far I know, we do not have any (FLOSS) application able to fill a
> > government form with no changing its security certificate.
> 
> Any modification nullifies the certificate. The way that can be done, i
> understand, is that the PDF saves the certified copy, and the
> modifications separately, in the same file, but accessible. And perhaps
> the modifications can be signed with your own certificate.
> 
If it possible right now,Not known. It looks complex and hard to accomplish.

> This is guessing on my mart, I have not seen it. All forms I have used had
> mandatorily to be printed and handed over in person, hand signed with blue
> ink ball-pen.

I mostly agree. Filling the form, print it and hand over in person. Some 
exceptions, I can not recall right now. Some forms with drop downs tab. You 
need to fill and return it online.
> 
> I have to hand over one such form perhaps tomorrow, and they specifically
> say "no email, no fax".
> 
If time is possible on my side, I would like to try pdftk (command line) with 
pdftk-qgui (QT graphical interface). So far I read, It could fill the 
expectations. They are available from openSUSE-13.1-Oss and Packman 
repositories.

> --
> Cheers
>         Carlos E. R.
> 
>         (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith))

Regards,

R.Chung

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