Re: Interactive forms

What will this data be used for??  Does data in the form have a limited
life?

Last I checked, a full blow copy of Adobe Acrobat (not the reader) needed to
be on every workstation that used the form.

Is the same version of Word on all affected workstations?  Is there a
central control for workstations at your company?

You mention that you did not want people to reenter the data.  Ever consider
a database?  Not only will you have the data, but you can reuse and present
it in different ways.  You can even crank out reports for managers. ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Veronica" <vlabarca(at)uclink4.berkeley.edu>
To: <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 10:50 PM
Subject: Interactive forms


> Hi all,
> I am in the process for defining standards for our intranet (for our
> publishers). One of the issues I have to determine is what software to
> use for our interactive forms. We have many forms in Word that people
> use and are putting them on the Intranet. We are not recreating these as
> HTML forms. The two things I am considering are Interactive PDF forms
> and Word Interactive forms. I am open to other suggestions however. The
> features we need are - to be able to save the forms with content in the
> fields so people don't have to re-enter information over and over.
> Calculations on the fields in some cases and that they print true (these
> are not for online submission). So far I don't have much to tip me one
> way or the other except the fact that we all already have Word and we
> don't all have Adobe Acrobat. Any experiences out there with, or
> knowledge about either of these types of forms that might influence my
> decision would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Veronica
>
>

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