Fill Non-Interactive PDF Forms in Windows XP

[Sfor]

So far, I was able to fill such forms just by using comments in Windows XP.

In Adobe Reader DC it is possible to fill non-interactive forms with Fill & Sign tool. But in Adobe Reader XI i found no such a function.

Is there a third party tool working in Windows XP able to do the same as Adobe Reader DC Fill & Sign tool?

[Tripredacus]

Alternatively, you could use something that can edit PDFs, such as Gimp. I do not know if the versions of Gimp that work with XP can edit PDFs.

[Sfor]

I think filling the forms with Gimp is not a good solution. The Adobe Reader comments are a superior, as they can be modified later.

The LibreOffice Draw also is not good as well.

The idea is to be as easy to work with as the Adobe Reader DC Fill & Sign is.

If the solution is more difficult to use, the users will press on moving to newer OS.

Edited November 23, 2020 by Sfor

[jaclaz]

Have you tried the (old version) PDF-XChange Viewer? :

https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer

It has a "typewriter" mode that should be what you are looking for.

jaclaz

[Sfor]

Yes I did try the PDF-XChange Viewer. It works better than Adobe Reader when it comes to commenting, but it is unable to fill in non-interactive forms. I mean it is not possible to edit the forms the way Adobe Reader DC does. So it not possible to change the values entered in Adobe Reader DC, as well.

[grey_rat]

Firefox pdfjs.renderInteractiveForms - true

[Sfor]

15 hours ago, grey_rat said:

Firefox pdfjs.renderInteractiveForms - true

The Adobe Reader IX works fine with interactive forms. So, there is no problem with them.

The setting pdfjs.renderInteractiveForms does nothing with non-interactive forms, I believe. So, the Firefox can not fill non-interactive forms.

Edited November 26, 2020 by Sfor

[grey_rat]

In Firefox 83 - work

[Sfor]

3 minutes ago, grey_rat said:

In Firefox 83 - work

Is there a way to install Firefox 83 on Windows XP?

[grey_rat]

No
But you can ask roytam1 that he add this to his Firefox builds

Edited November 26, 2020 by grey_rat

[Sfor]

I did try to edit a non-interactive pdf form in firefox 83 in Windows 7, and I failed.

Perhaps the function works with interactive forms, as the pdfjs.renderInteractiveForms name suggests. But non-interactive forms is a whole different story. Or perhaps there is some trick to it, I'm not aware of.

Here is a non-interactive form I'm trying to fill:

http://bip.suwalki.pl/resource/file/download-file/id.71814/attachment.1

It's a declaration related to comunal waste disposal. The city waste disposal charges are calculated according to the forms sent by the building owners.