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Summary: PDF fill-in form checkboxes are not checkable in evince
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566758
Summary: PDF fill-in form checkboxes are not checkable in
evince
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Version: 6.0
Platform: x86_64
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: medium
Priority: low
Component: fontconfig
AssignedTo: besfahbo(a)redhat.com
ReportedBy: mclasen(a)redhat.com
QAContact: desktop-bugs(a)redhat.com
CC: uckelman(a)nomic.net, besfahbo(a)redhat.com,
fonts-bugs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, mkasik(a)redhat.com
Depends on: 562952
Group: rhel_beta
Classification: Red Hat
Target Release: ---
Clone Of: 562952
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #562952 +++
Description of problem:
It is not possible to toggle the state of checkboxes in PDF forms.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
evince-2.28.2-1.fc12.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a form with a checkbox.
2. Click on the checkbox.
Actual results:
Nothing happens.
Expected results:
The box should change state.
Additional info:
I observed this problem specifically with US Federal Tax forms. For example,
try the 2009 Form 1040:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf?portlet=3
--- Additional comment from mkasik(a)redhat.com on 2010-02-16 10:31:12 EST ---
Hi,
this is an issue with fontconfig. The PDF uses "ZapfDingbats" font, but there
is "Zapf Dingbats" font only.
This can be bypassed by setting of ~/.fonts.conf (or /etc/font/local.conf)
according to
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21395#c6.
=> reassigning to fontconfig
Regards
Marek
(for more info see
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/poppler)
(it seems that this is a duplicate of
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497648)
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