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PDF form changes

asked on November 14, 2013

This is more of a feature question I suppose.  With more and more clients using PDF forms, is Laserfiche planning to implement a way where changes to a PDF can be done just like Word or Excel?  Currently users have to export the PDF, make changes, and re-import.  Or the form can only be filled out by workflow using metadata.  

 

A Word doc for example, you can edit and then save and Laserfiche asks you if you want to overwrite a doc, save as a new version, etc..  But PDF's seem to not have that option.  Adding that functionalitly would be great.  Also adding a new feature for the "Wait for Change" entry in Workflow to include modifying an electronic doc.  So a user opens and pdf, fills out some of the form, saves and closes it.  Workflow sees that Electronic Document change and then moves the PDF on.  Not sure if I am making any sense or if I am completley missing something in Workflow.  I know filling out the metadata can work but many of our users gravitate directly to the form itself since it is right in front of them.  They don't quite understand why they need to fill out a template when they can just fill out the nice form.

 

Anyway, sorry if this isnt a question per se.  Just looking to see if that is being looked at for sometime in the future.  

 

Thanks!

 

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replied on November 18, 2013

Hi Chris,

 

This is definitely something that we're looking into.  There are obstacles to creating an integration like the one we've got for Office, but we would like to be able to offer something similar.  We don't have anything planned on this front for the immediate future, but keep your eyes peeled.  I'll pass along your comments to the development team, to let them know that demand is growing.

 

Thanks for your interest!

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replied on May 12, 2017

What is the latest on this issue with Adobe integration similar to Microsoft Office?

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replied on August 1, 2017

Hi!

Is there any updates on this?  PDF integration like this would be great.

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replied on November 15, 2013

This is all up to Adobe being more open. They are currently unable to integrate PDfs fully like Microsoft Office documents are

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