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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: evince
  
- PDF forms created using pdftex/pdflatex cannot be edited using evince.
- They work fine in acroread/acrobat.
+ 1) lsb_release -rd
+ Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
+ Release:	15.04
+ 
+ 2)  apt-cache policy evince
+ evince:
+   Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
+   Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
+   Version table:
+  *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+ 
+ 3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following PDF created using pdftex/pdflatex, the form may be edited, just like in Adobe Reader:
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/167511/+files/simpleform.pdf
+ 
+ 4) What happens instead is it is not editable.
+ 
+ WORKAROUND: Open it in Chrome's built-in PDF reader.
+ 
+ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable:i386
+ google-chrome-stable:i386:
+   Installed: 39.0.2171.95-1
+   Candidate: 39.0.2171.95-1
+   Version table:
+  *** 39.0.2171.95-1 0
+         500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Attachment removed: "FDF description of the fields embedded in the PDF."
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/427367/+files/simpleform.fdf

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159032

Title:
  form support does not work with forms created by pdflatex

Status in Evince document viewer:
  Expired
Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: evince

  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
  Release:	15.04

  2)  apt-cache policy evince
  evince:
    Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following PDF created using pdftex/pdflatex, the form may be edited, just like in Adobe Reader:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/167511/+files/simpleform.pdf

  4) What happens instead is it is not editable.

  WORKAROUND: Open it in Chrome's built-in PDF reader.

  apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable:i386
  google-chrome-stable:i386:
    Installed: 39.0.2171.95-1
    Candidate: 39.0.2171.95-1
    Version table:
   *** 39.0.2171.95-1 0
          500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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