Forwarded from evince: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=529423 "Please describe the problem: Some forms have some sort of code in them that affects how they format the input. (Sorry, don't know enough about the PDF spec to be more specific). Acrobat Reader properly handles this code. Evince does not. An example form would be: http://www.dor.state.nc.us/downloads/fillin/D400_webfill.pdf For each spot where a dollar amount is expected, Acrobat will automatically add '.00' to the dollar amount you enter. Evince does not. Steps to reproduce: 1. Download http://www.dor.state.nc.us/downloads/fillin/D400_webfill.pdf 2. Do your taxes 3. Print them out 4. Mail them Actual results: The department of revenue misparses the evince-produced output, calculating your taxes in an entirely different and incorrect manner. Expected results: Woo, refund! Does this happen every time? Yes" The problem is not filling the form, but saving it. To reproduce it: 1.- Fill some form fileds 2.- Save it 3.- Open the saved file
Still present in 0.10.4, FYI.
Still present in 0.12.4.
Created attachment 45446 [details] example .pdf file showing missing fill-ins form f1040sb.pdf filled after downloading from: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sb.pdf
Something similar happens with selected irs forms. With: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf 1) the form can be filled; 2) saved; 3) evince exited; 4) evince reentered; 5) saved form retrieved; 6) and values entered are still visible, as expected. However, with: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sb.pdf when the same steps are done, up to step 5, all is OK *except* the values don't appear. What's puzzling is that if the same .pdf file is viewed with emacs, the values *do* appear; however, nothing can be edited. I'll attach such a filled f1040sb.pdf file. The Name field in the file should have John Q. Public and nothing else. -Larry
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