(Note running Mepis 3.3, Firefox 1.0.1, Acroread 5.0.10

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1120a.pdf

Maybe its just my system, but when I go to the above official IRS PDF form
for corporate taxes (1120), the form opens but I get errors saying it
requires 5.1 or later than 5.0.5 of Acrobat. There is no 5.1 version for
Linux but there is 5.0.10.

I can fill it in but can ONLY print it a page at a time (fortunately its
only 2 pages!). What's up with that? (But at least it prints!)

I cannot save it with changes, because the IRS says...

For users of Adobe Reader: beginning October 25, 2004 new fill-in forms
will be enabled with "document rights" which will allow you to save what
you have filled in on your PC. Version 5.1 or later of Adobe Reader is
required. When the form is opened, a "document rights" message box will be
displayed if this feature is available.

THERE IS NO 5.1 FOR LINUX !!!

I tried saving a copy to the local system but that didn't help either.

Anyone have a work-around for this problem? (Does anyone else have the
problem?) I wonder if 5.1 will work in Crossover Office?

The IRS hates Linux !!!

Thanks,
Al

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:19:50 +0000, Al. C wrote:

[..]
>
> I tried saving a copy to the local system but that didn't help either.
>
> Anyone have a work-around for this problem? (Does anyone else have the
> problem?) I wonder if 5.1 will work in Crossover Office?
>
> The IRS hates Linux !!!
>
> Thanks,
> Al

Adobe was doing a beta of Acrobat 7 for Linux a month or so ago, hopefully
they will release it soon. Have you tried gpdf?

Hiding in Plain Sight wrote:

>
> Adobe was doing a beta of Acrobat 7 for Linux a month or so ago, hopefully
> they will release it soon. Have you tried gpdf?

No. I've tried xpdf which prints the form fine, but will not let me fill it
in.... which is the whole purpose of using the form! Will gpdf work with
Acrobat 'fill in' pdf docs?

Al

Hiding in Plain Sight writes:
> Have you tried gpdf?

What does gpdf do that xpdf doesn't?

"Al. C" <no_spam_acanton_takeout>,
In a message on Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:19:50 GMT, wrote :

"C> (Note running Mepis 3.3, Firefox 1.0.1, Acroread 5.0.10
"C>
"C> http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1120a.pdf
"C>
"C> Maybe its just my system, but when I go to the above official IRS PDF form
"C> for corporate taxes (1120), the form opens but I get errors saying it
"C> requires 5.1 or later than 5.0.5 of Acrobat. There is no 5.1 version for
"C> Linux but there is 5.0.10.
"C>
"C> I can fill it in but can ONLY print it a page at a time (fortunately its
"C> only 2 pages!). What's up with that? (But at least it prints!)
"C>
"C> I cannot save it with changes, because the IRS says...
"C>
"C> For users of Adobe Reader: beginning October 25, 2004 new fill-in forms
"C> will be enabled with "document rights" which will allow you to save what
"C> you have filled in on your PC. Version 5.1 or later of Adobe Reader is
"C> required. When the form is opened, a "document rights" message box will be
"C> displayed if this feature is available.
"C>
"C> THERE IS NO 5.1 FOR LINUX !!!
"C>
"C> I tried saving a copy to the local system but that didn't help either.
"C>
"C> Anyone have a work-around for this problem? (Does anyone else have the
"C> problem?) I wonder if 5.1 will work in Crossover Office?
"C>
"C> The IRS hates Linux !!!

No, Adobe is 'dragging its feet' wrt Linux. Not totally the IRS's
fault. The IRS is just using *Adobe's* current version of the software.
Adobe is just 'not keeping up' with its own software for Linux.

I was able to 'print to file' as a way to save the IRS forms I filled
out as *PostScript* -- this works just fine. Yes, this is a seriously
geeky trick, but it works. Both pages (forms: f1040.pdf, f1040sc.pdf,
and f4562.pdf). I then printed them from ghostview, one page at a
time, since I wanted double-sided printouts and for only two pages
each, it was easier to manually print the odd pages (multiple times --
one for me, one for the IRA, and one for the Mass DOR (the C and 4562
forms)). Acrobat Reader 5.0.10 under RH 7.3. If you are using
Crossover Office, you might as well get 7.<mumble> -- yes Adobe is that
*seriously* behind on porting their *current* version of Acrobat Reader
to Linux. The good news is that they seem to getting there -- Acrobat
Reader 7.<mumble> for Linux is in beta test right now (no, I don't know
if it is still possible to get a beta test copy of Acrobat Reader
7.<mumble> for Linux -- last I heard the beta test program was closed).

"C>
"C> Thanks,
"C> Al
"C>
"C>

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:03:47 -0600, John Hasler wrote:

> Hiding in Plain Sight writes:
>> Have you tried gpdf?
>
> What does gpdf do that xpdf doesn't?

Gpdf handles bookmarks, xpdf doesn't, so it's clearly more capable then
xpdf. I don't know if it can handle forms but it's worth a try.

John Hasler <john>,
In a message on Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:03:47 -0600, wrote :

JH> Hiding in Plain Sight writes:
JH> > Have you tried gpdf?
JH>
JH> What does gpdf do that xpdf doesn't?

It is my understanding that *only* Acrobat [Reader] handles Adobe's
'fill in form' PDF hack. Neither ghostview/ghostscript nor xpdf do.
Does gpdf handle them?

The problem is NOT in *just* printing the PDF forms. The problem is
filling in forms and *then* saving or printing them. *I've* been able
to use Acrobat Reader 5.0.10 for Linux (under RH 7.3) to fill in the
IRS's PDF fill-in forms and *print them to a [PostScript] file* and
then print the PostScript file.

JH> --
JH> John Hasler
JH> john
JH> Dancing Horse Hill
JH> Elmwood, WI USA
JH>

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In article <GgkXd.12546$Pz7.472>,
Al. C <no_spam_acanton_takeout> wrote:
>
>The IRS hates Linux !!!
>

"Never attribute to malice that which be satisfactorily explained by
incompetence." - (I forget who said it)

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:19:50 +0000, Al. C wrote:


> Anyone have a work-around for this problem? (Does anyone else have the
> problem?) I wonder if 5.1 will work in Crossover Office?
>

google flpsed. Works for me.

Robert Heller writes:
> The problem is NOT in *just* printing the PDF forms.

So print the forms and fill them in with a pen.

Jim Haynes wrote:
> In article <GgkXd.12546$Pz7.472>,
> Al. C <no_spam_acanton_takeout> wrote:
> >
> >The IRS hates Linux !!!
> >
>
> "Never attribute to malice that which be satisfactorily explained by
> incompetence." - (I forget who said it)

Robert A. Heinlein, in "Time Enough for Love"

("Al. C" <no_spam_acanton_takeout>) scribbled:

> [..]
>
> Maybe its just my system, but when I go to the above official IRS PDF form
> for corporate taxes (1120), the form opens but I get errors saying it
> requires 5.1 or later than 5.0.5 of Acrobat. There is no 5.1 version for
> Linux but there is 5.0.10.

.... send me an email ... i have hte 7.0 beta for Linux

Al. C <no_spam_acanton_takeout> wrote:
> (Note running Mepis 3.3, Firefox 1.0.1, Acroread 5.0.10
>
> [..]
>
> Maybe its just my system, but when I go to the above official IRS PDF form
> for corporate taxes (1120), the form opens but I get errors saying it
> requires 5.1 or later than 5.0.5 of Acrobat. There is no 5.1 version for
> Linux but there is 5.0.10.

I just went through a similar version problem with a different document
source. In my case xpdf could view/print the files fine.

G'luck...

John Hasler <john>,
In a message on Tue, 08 Mar 2005 12:26:05 -0600, wrote :

JH> Robert Heller writes:
JH> > The problem is NOT in *just* printing the PDF forms.
JH>
JH> So print the forms and fill them in with a pen.

The whole point of the fill in forms is to get a perfectly filled out
form, which will expedite the whole tax return process. Being able to
print the forms is only 1/2 of the process. *I* already had hard-copy
blank forms (the IRS (and the Mass DOR) sends out a whole fat booklet
of forms and instructions).

JH> --
JH> John Hasler
JH> john
JH> Dancing Horse Hill
JH> Elmwood, WI USA
JH>

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(Robert Heller <heller>) scribbled:

> The whole point of the fill in forms is to get a perfectly filled out
> form, which will expedite the whole tax return process.

.... in that case, just do it online