Create PDF Forms with OpenOffice

Emm.. it has been a long long time since I last posted so I guess most of my readers has left this site already :P So have to write something to pull them back.

Well, the title says it all. Did you know that you can actually create PDF forms, the ones with interactive fields that your users can fill in Adobe Reader (but cannot save), with OpenOffice?

The fact is I have been looking for a cheap, or free solution (Adobe Acrobat is costly, my friend). I didn't expect it to be so near. All the while I know you can create PDFs with OpenOffice but never thought that you can create fillable PDFs with it. So, in my quest for the cheap solution I found out that Adobe actually opens up the specifications of the PDF format online for free. While reading through the specs I was wondering why nobody has ever made something for it. And it suddenly got into my mind, would OpenOffice have already supported this?

And YES!

Here is how you do it. Not something difficult but I think OpenOffice should advertise on it more :)

Hope this helps.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

I don't care what day is it now. I just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

New Year often gives us hope. But what about a New Day? Isn't that as important as a new year? Or perhaps it is more important.

I remember reading an article that said, we should live each day through as if that is the only day we need to live. Just imagine, how often do you decide to do something in the beginning of the year but quit a week later? If it is just one day, perhaps everyone can do it then :-)

New Year! New Year!