PDFs ARGH!

Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 01:22:13 -0000, Brian Gregory
wrote:

On 27/11/2015 12:57, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:17:52 -0000, Brian Gregory
wrote:

On 26/11/2015 20:22, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:00:37 -0000, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 11/26/2015 11:30 AM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why do companies insist on using PDFs where you are required to fill
them in! PDF is a read only document!

PDF can be made to be fill in forms. If it is a PDF form you will
have
to save to a PDF file to save the form with the information

I've hardly ever seen that happen. The fact remains we just don't
need
PDF.


What do you suggest instead?

Something everybody has - RTF, DOC, etc.


RTF maybe.
I haven't really used it much.

Unfortunately DOC has poor support outside of the MS Windows world.
For instance OpenOffice and LibreOffice can open them but the results
can be disappointing with complex documents.

Most people use windows.


LibreOffice is now up to version 5, and I have it installed on
a copy of Windows 10.

You can open a PDF in LibreOffice, but it opens in Draw
rather than Writer. Still, for a person like yourself,
you'll get a laugh out of the mess it makes of a PDF.
Give it a try. Libreoffice is free.

Paul