Evince Save copy no longer works as expected

[Jim Byrnes]

On 01/08/2013 08:35 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2013/1/8 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
>> On 01/07/2013 09:06 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>> I have a PDF with some fields that I can fill in. When I had Ubuntu
>>> 10.10 I could fill in those, then Save copy, close Evince, then open
>>> the file again and continue filling those fields.
>>>
>>> Since then I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 (or rather installed from
>>> scratch) and not this function no longer works. No matter what I typed
>>> in those fields, the PDF is saved in the same state it was when I
>>> opened it, which I rather pointless if you ask me.
>>> Is this a bug that should be reported or is it a new fantastic
>>> feature? Or does this only happen to me?
>>>
>>> I can provide an example file in case somebody don't know what I'm
>>> talking about…
>>>
>>>
>>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>>
>>
>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince?field.searchtext=form&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/492959 ?
>
> Thanks for the links. The first one was what helped me find:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/960856
>
> Any hints about other PDF viewers that support saving file with edited
> fields? That's the most common thing I use a PDF viewer for.
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>

I have always installed Acroead from the repositories.  It has always 
done what I needed, including US taxforms.

Regards,  Jim