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sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't....

Looks like the basic answer to my initial three questions is Acrobat.

FYI (and amusement) here's a couple of extracts from the wikipedia article I read about Acrobat:

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Adobe Acrobat is a family of computer programs developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).[1]
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A 'family' of programs!

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Adobe has changed the names of the products in the Acrobat family regularly, also splitting-up, joining, or discontinuing products. Between version 3 and 5, Standard and Professional versions were one product simply called Adobe Acrobat.
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That's the bit I was referring to.

Here's the URL if anyone cares to browse it:
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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat>
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I'll turn to Acrobat and have a look at Inkscape and I've remembered the old form making prog - Perform Pro. That'll do what I want as regards my own stuff.

As regards other stuff I'm mainly PO'd about govt forms demanding I print it out, fill it in and then scan it back in to send to them. I guess I might be able to get round that with one piece of software or other but it hardly seems worth it. Probably more trouble than doing the print out/scan in.

I guess you've just got to live with a certain amount of BS in this world.

thanks for all your input.

regards,

ab