It's tax time, and I'm filling out state and federal tax forms. The chrome browser seems to work, but I'm wondering if there might be other choices worth trying since chrome has a great deal going on besides editing, none of which I need or want.
I've tried qpdfview from the Accessories menu. It works on some files but not others.
Any alternate suggestions would be appreciated!
bob prohaska
I found with qpdfview that the forms would print but the text I added to them was not on the form. I had better luck with evince, but your mileage may vary.
This was with US IRS forms. In past I actually had trouble getting them to save and print correctly when using adobe on a Windows machine.
It turns out qpdf does work, with an odd quirk: When downloaded and opened, the forms don't display correctly. If edited, saved and opened again, the form displays OK. It's still unclear how the forms will print, but it's a start.
Thanks for reading, any alternatives to qpdfview are still welcome!
bob prohaska
I have a custom Python script for that. I already have a database for managing my time and billing, as well as GST, expenses and depreciation, so it was easy enough to pull out the right numbers for that, and superimpose them (suitably laid out) on top of the PDF pages as background.
I've used Okular for the past few years to fill out tax forms. I download them from irs.gov, fill them out, print them, and mail them in. So far, it's worked like a champ.
I managed to finish the job with qpdfview, but will try okular. Thanks very much for writing!
bob prohaska
For whatever reason, you seem to have to "show forms" before okular will allow you to edit them. Irritating; otherwise seems to work.
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