forms help

[iandl2]

hi all im new to the forum

 

so yeah im having a little trouble at the moment im trying to make an eletronic form so that i can send someone out with a netbook with a blank form and they can ask a bunch of questions do some some eletronic drawings and add some pictures too the form once tey have done it they need to able to send it via pdf also they need to be able to tab through the questions in order.

all of the software also has to be free

 

so naturaly i thought i would use open office writter would be a good choice and just throw in some form controlls with fields that they can just tab through set up a tab order and all that however there are many fields at very least 100 possibly more and its a combo of drop downs and and text entry the form is a good pages long so it all works great when i first designed it then when i save it and close when i re open it all the tab orders get messed up

 

any ideas ...or any other free software that would make this easier

 

any help would be great on this

[RandyL]

I wish I could help but it seems what you need is not just software but an intrinsict knowledge of business software, computer code and a good tech. A good tech will have such knowdledge but they will be expensive as will the software you will need.

 

Sorry but no easy button on this one or free.

[iandl2]

well i could could write my own software to do it I have enough knowledge of basic to do that but i just realy didnt want to lol although you are right i do not have any office software understanding other then my overal knowlege of software in general i was just looking for any easy way out instead of having to develop somthing myself. its a case of its not in my job role to write software for them and i certianly dont get paid enough to do that but i was happy to take some time out to see if it could be done with some open office program