The option to download an older version of formulate is not available. Every time I click on an older version to download, I always get switched to a screen that only offers formulate pro,

I downloaded formulatepro an discovered there is no place in which to type text; cannot change the font; in other word, I haven't a clue to how to use formulate pro. I was using an older version of formulate, but somehow the application disappeared from my computer and the image in the dock turned into a question mark.

I am operating iMac G5 OS 10.4.1.1 - Tiger

Hmm, cut & paste of text elements seems not to work. Right?

Old Formulate seems to be still available from the old site: http://adlr.info/?FormulateOld

Query: Why am I unable to insert a transparent signature image? Thank you!

how do i make a font a default?

It might be handy to be able to make text boxes opaque - eg when a form has lines to 'write on', but the text line spacing doesnt corrospond to those lines, it would be simpler just to let a white B/G mask them out.

It would also be damn handy if there was a linux version. I know, I'm dreaming.

i would like to be able to re-arrange pages and add pages from other PDFs.

Hope you are still on this project. I have been using it a lot. Thank you!

Align tools would be good as well.

When you save a document that's been marked up, what format is it in? A "normal" pdf? I noticed the ".formulate" suffix when saving.

-gb

Used it for a while. Nifty product, does what it says it will do.

Usability enhancement idea - while in Text mode, pressing a modifier key (option or command etc.) momentarily puts you in "pointer" mode so you can reposition a text box on the fly. Releasing the modifier key puts you back into text mode for the next text box. Would be a real time saver when filling out forms...

-gb

Hello

Kaly from MakeUseOf?.com is here. As you may have noticed we have just reviewed your service.

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Please check out our review and feel free to comment in case we missed something.

As a grad student who has to fill out tonnes of .pdf forms, this is an excellent and easy to use program. Another future enhancement idea: would it be possible to include an x-y axis ruler, so numerous text boxes could be repositioned more precisely than the current drag/drop method? If there is already a way to line up numerous fields, than please let me know!

Hello is a great usefull program, but i miss a little function for drawing. I miss a strong line or arrow, because the freehand drawing is a bit difficult to draw clearly. It that possible for next update?

having it export back into .pdf would be nice. otherwise nice app.

cheers!

Three things that are desperately needed:

1) UNDO 2) Ability to change font & size 3) Ability to drag mouse over sections to highlight all the edits (especially for the pen too, which seems to make a lot of separate squiggles that I need to manually delete if I mess up).

Thanks for the app so far!

Great Program...works like a charm. Thank you!

Nice tool. I'd love if you could merge with skim. I like the squiggle edits. is there anyway to use red or blue color instead of black?

You can export to .pdf by selecting File->Print, then choose "Save as PDF" from the button-menu in the bottom left corner. This goes for any OSX application.

Perfect app and free. Does all the basic things that I want to do.

@broenadams : In Mac, it shows " Previev" instead of "Save as PDF"

The description on the FormulatePro? page says you can "drop in graphics." What does that mean exactly? I can't paste a graphic into FormulatePro? or drag one into it.

very nice app but is there no way to undo things?

how does one delete text... sometimes it wont work..

I have a pdf that is oriented incorrectly. I can rotate it in Adobe, but if I open it in Formulate, it is still sideways, and I can't enter text that way. Suggestions?

FormulatePro? has been very useful to me for adding an image into a PDF file. I find that it works best when the image file itself is also in PDF format - in this case the resulting PDF has a file size that is exactly the sum of the two original PDF files.

There is room for improvement. The program will become much better if there are ways to undo things. For example, currently if you add an oval or rectangle or check mark to the PDF then it is stuck there, you cannot move, resize or delete it.

By the way, the link to the "discussion group" at the top of this page is broken.

Thank you for offering this program for free.

Nice program, thank you!

I downloaded the formulatepro but for the life of me can't figure out how to install it, is there as guide that i can follow? All i have is a jumble of files in a zipped folder and no .exe file. Can you please help?

Whereas I cannot delete a box or text entered, I am able to resize it. This gives the option to resize it until it is only a dot, thus practically deleting it. If the dot bothers you, then you can also move it to the far corner of the document (press function key and then move with the mouse).