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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by bravoetch on Friday May 03, 2019 @05:02PM (#19822242)
OSX file preview lets you fill in PDF forms with no problems, and no additional software to install.
Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by protomyth on Friday May 03, 2019 @07:06PM (#19823049)
Well, OS X Preview saves your changes even if you quit, and it has some serious issues with radio buttons in documents. It really caused quite the problem with people filling in repetitive forms. The standard "open document, add changes, print, quit" workflow that works in Office products goes very badly on OS X.
Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by bdowling on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:44PM (#19824034)
You can turn off that auto-saving feature in system preferences. It’s called something like “Ask before saving changes.”
Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by saagarjha on Friday May 03, 2019 @06:03PM (#19822692)
Depends on what it's actually doing. Preview can do actual forms, but it can also "fill" in forms by trying to detect lines and boxes.