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echo: rberrypi
to: BOB PROHASKA
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2019-02-28 07:55:00
subject: Re: Viewer/editor for fil

bob prohaska wrote:
> Is there something for Raspbian similar to Apple's Preview that can
> view and edit fillable PDF forms? I'm using Preview on an old iMac
> right now, but it's buggy and won't save changes reliably. The default
> pdf viewer on the Pi seems to be xpdf, which won't fill in the blanks
> at all.

I'm not sure if they do pdf forms, but try Evince and Okular. Both are in
the standard repo, so install with apt/apt-get. Furthermore I saw this
which has a free version which apparently does both acroforms and XFA
forms, but the installation is not as easy, probably:
https://kbpdfstudio.qoppa.com/pdf-viewer-editor-for-raspberry-pi/

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