Evince Save copy no longer works as expected

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2013/1/8 Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>:
> On 01/08/2013 11:37 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>
>> 2013/1/8 Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>:
>>>
>>> On 01/08/2013 09:44 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/1/8 Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/08/2013 08:35 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2013/1/8 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 01/07/2013 09:06 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a PDF with some fields that I can fill in. When I had Ubuntu
>>>>>>>> 10.10 I could fill in those, then Save copy, close Evince, then open
>>>>>>>> the file again and continue filling those fields.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since then I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 (or rather installed from
>>>>>>>> scratch) and not this function no longer works. No matter what I
>>>>>>>> typed
>>>>>>>> in those fields, the PDF is saved in the same state it was when I
>>>>>>>> opened it, which I rather pointless if you ask me.
>>>>>>>> Is this a bug that should be reported or is it a new fantastic
>>>>>>>> feature? Or does this only happen to me?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can provide an example file in case somebody don't know what I'm
>>>>>>>> talking about…
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince?field.searchtext=form&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/492959 ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the links. The first one was what helped me find:
>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/960856
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any hints about other PDF viewers that support saving file with edited
>>>>>> fields? That's the most common thing I use a PDF viewer for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have always installed Acroead from the repositories.  It has always
>>>>> done
>>>>> what I needed, including US taxforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,  Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I have had it too for many years and it does not allow saving a
>>>> PDF with edited form fields. At least it didn't last time I tried. Do
>>>> you mean that this is supported now?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, if the pdf has editable form fields it will save them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,  Jim
>>
>>
>> Have you actually tried this? Which version?
>
>
> Yes. I just filled out and saved and reloaded to print some US corporate tax
> forms. I'm using 12.04 (fresh install). I used synaptic to install acoread
> and mine is 9.4.7 dated 10/05/2011.
>
> Maybe I didn't attach enough significance to "avi" following pdf. What is a
> pdf avi?

”Avi” is the Google Translation suggestion for an English translation
of the Swedish word ”avi”… I was sceptic, but I took a chance…
It's for those guys who still don't pay their bills over the Internet…
When someone send you a bill, they send you an ”avi” (pronounced
”avee” in Swedish, or something like that anyway) with the sum,
account number etc. You leave it, and the money, to your bank and they
make sure the money end up at the right place… That's just one
example, I think it can mean more things.


Johnny Rosenberg

> I goggled it but only got hits about converting the formats.  If
> you could provide a link to a readily accessible one I could try to fill it
> out and save it to see if it works here.
>
>
>>
>> I just installed from the repositories, it is version 9.5.1.
>>
>> Right click my pdf avi → clickOpen with Adobe Reader 9 → Fill in some
>> forms → File → Save a copy… → This dialogue is opens:
>>
>> Save a Blank Copy of this
>> Form________________________________________________________
>> |  Data typed into this form will not be saved. Adobe Reader can only
>> save blank copy of this form.
>>
>> Please print your completed form if you would like a copy for your
>> records.
>
>
> Did the format of the form you are working with change.  On the US tax forms
> I mentioned above at the top of the form it states that you can save the
> data typed into the form.
>
> Regards,  Jim
>
>
>>
>> I found out about that new feature in Evince (in 2010 I think) that
>> let me do this, and it worked perfectly for me until I abandoned
>> Ubuntu 10.10, replacing it with a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, all
>> of this I already mentioned.
>>
>> So unless there is a newer version of Adobe Reader, this isn't
>> possible at all now, unless I find a third PDF viewer that can.
>>
>>
>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>
>
>
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