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Old 09-27-2013
Fillable PDF becomes unreadable after edited with Okular
Can anyone explain why a editable pdf becomes unreadable after edited with okular?
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Old 09-27-2013
Unreadable by what?

"editable PDF" is a bit of a misnomer. PDF isn't a WYSIWYG word-document or desktop publishing format, it's a printing format, already boiled down to the point where handy things like word-wrap and such cease to exist. As such, editing them is always a bit dicey.
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Old 09-27-2013
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Originally Posted by Corona688
Unreadable by what?

"editable PDF" is a bit of a misnomer. PDF isn't a WYSIWYG word-document or desktop publishing format, it's a printing format, already boiled down to the point where handy things like word-wrap and such cease to exist. As such, editing them is always a bit dicey.
Everything but okular.

Sorry I used the wrong terminology. It is a fillable pdf. Something like this. Can you please fix my title?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...jYyZgHggYfvL2Q

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j..._C8qNmN4Jatctg
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Old 09-27-2013
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Originally Posted by cokedude
Can anyone explain why a editable pdf becomes unreadable after edited with okular?
Bug in Okular? According to Okular - Document format handlers status PDF form support is a work in progress.
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Old 09-28-2013
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Originally Posted by fpmurphy
Bug in Okular? According to Okular - Document format handlers status PDF form support is a work in progress.
Can you recommend a Linux PDF program that properly handle fillable pdf's?
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Old 09-28-2013
There is such a thing as Adobe Reader for linux.
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