On Thu, 2017-12-28 at 07:36 -0500, Temlakos wrote:
Everyone:
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I need advice on whether I can abandon Adobe Reader completely, and what to use instead.
I use it all the time for certain PDF's that come with form fields that you fill out. Not all PDF viewers--and not the PDF viewer native to Firefox--support form filling. Without form filling, I have to fill in forms by hand--and my fist is a bit of a strain on anyone's eyes, especially those of a bureaucrat or his confidential secretary. So I need form filling. [snip]
I use Okular the most. However, I have the same problem you have -- some forms work, and some forms do not. Most of the time, it works OK, but it seems that there's always some new thing in Adobe that Okular and the others haven't caught up with, and those companies and agencies that like to use the latest Adobe features make forms that just don't work in linux. I have about an 85% success rate for PDF forms using Okular.
billo