PDF Forms help needed
January 19, 2007 7:40 PM Subscribe
Our company needs forms in Word and Excel formats. Some forms contain math functions i.e. expense report forms. Is there a service to convert these forms in to PDF "filable" forms. We can buy Adobe Acrobat Professional, and but we need someone to convert about 50-100 forms for us as we do not have the time.
"Dont have the time" ?....will the world end if you dont get your forms converted ASAP?... (no.. it wont)..
Buy Adobe Acrobat.. and a case of Mtn Dew.. and pull a weekender converting them. 50 to 100 forms shouldnt take to long if you focus..
(Yes--I did something like this converting an entire school district policy manual that was originally created in Mac Claris works. Each page was a seperate file..... I converted it all to MS Word (and eventually PDF) and merged it all. By myself.)
posted by jmnugent at 8:00 PM on January 19, 2007
Buy Adobe Acrobat.. and a case of Mtn Dew.. and pull a weekender converting them. 50 to 100 forms shouldnt take to long if you focus..
(Yes--I did something like this converting an entire school district policy manual that was originally created in Mac Claris works. Each page was a seperate file..... I converted it all to MS Word (and eventually PDF) and merged it all. By myself.)
posted by jmnugent at 8:00 PM on January 19, 2007
One solution would be to use OpenOffice to open your Word and Excel forms and then use OpenOffice's "export to pdf" feature. Depending on how your forms are put together the input fields should be carried over into the pdf.
posted by exaudio at 8:15 PM on January 19, 2007
posted by exaudio at 8:15 PM on January 19, 2007
Nuance PDF Converter Pro - $99 - converts MS Word and Excel to PDF and filable PDF forms.
posted by X4ster at 10:21 PM on January 19, 2007
posted by X4ster at 10:21 PM on January 19, 2007
With Acrobat Pro converting the forms shouldn't take very long at all - - figure about a minute per form if they're not too many pages. Acrobat Pro inserts an icon into your Word and Excel toolbar that automatically converts and 99 times out of 100 the forms work fine in pdf.
posted by ChuckLeChuck at 4:57 AM on January 20, 2007
posted by ChuckLeChuck at 4:57 AM on January 20, 2007
This is exactly the kind of thing my company hires temps for. Short term, fairly easy work that has a finite end and doesn't require knowledge of our in-house software programs. Call an agency, have them send over someone computer literate for a couple days.
posted by Kellydamnit at 8:34 AM on January 20, 2007
posted by Kellydamnit at 8:34 AM on January 20, 2007
Send me the forms and a put $200 in my PayPal account and I'll do 'em this weekend.
(Seriously.)
posted by yellowbkpk at 12:21 PM on January 20, 2007
(Seriously.)
posted by yellowbkpk at 12:21 PM on January 20, 2007
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posted by bright77blue at 7:43 PM on January 19, 2007