Various methods of filling in PDF forms which are just normal PDFs

oocalc

pdftops
ps2eps

In oocalc:

  1. Set margins to 0.0 all round
  2. Disable header and footer
  3. In oocalc insert sig.tiff and send to background.
  4. Then insert the page to be signed EPS and send to background
  5. If necessary resize background to A4 size (21cm wide, keep ratio)
  6. Align cells and enter text

  7. Export as PDF (just one page)

    pdfseparate orig.pdf separated.%d.pdf pdfunite separated.[123...].pdf signed-page.pdf signed.pdf

ToDo

  • Fix transparency of sig.tiff

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