Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:17:34 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Equivalent To Adobe Acrobat Message-ID: <20170703181734.feed2f4b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkMsYeuQc3yidsYDfEC4_FR1FdOk3_tAEQw5FFSZWP1i5g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkMsYeuQc3yidsYDfEC4_FR1FdOk3_tAEQw5FFSZWP1i5g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:08:35 +0000, B J wrote: > I know that there are several programs that can be used for reading > PDF files as I've looked at some of them. Depending on the "complexity" of the files, many programs can be suggested, and your choice could be guided into a specific direction if you want something that integrates with a specific desktop environment (xpdf, evince, gimp, ...). > What I'm looking for is something that can edit PDF files, such as > government forms where one can fill in the blanks. I've used Adobe > Acrobat to do that, but it was on a Windows machine. Adobe doesn't > have a FreeBSD version and it's long dropped supporting Acrobat for > Linux. The "Acrobat Reader" has been removed from the ports collection due to security considerations, as far as I know. > Does anyone have any suggestions or am I stuck having to use it under > Windows to do my income tax returns? I'd be interested in a verified suggestion, too. I still have a machine for offline use with acroread9-9.4.2 installed. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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