A Techie Tip to save your N400 application to disk!

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Rahul Kumar

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A Techie Tip !

For those geeks out there.

When you save a fillable PDF file it does not save the fields that you enter or fill, and the only way for most folks to save a copy of their N400 application is to have a spare printout or a photo copy...

For those who want to save a SOFT COPY (instead of taking many printouts) of your N400 applications , or ANY application here is a simple procedure..


1. When you issue the print commmand on the N400 application (PDF file), check the option where it says "Print to File". (Windows only ;) )

2. Save the file with a .ps extension (POST SCRIPT)

3. Get GhostView reader
http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html

4. Open the .ps file in this reader and you have a soft copy of your application forever.. You can take a print out of this at any time :cool:

If you insist on having a pdf version
Upload this file to www.ps2pdf.com and get a pdf version


Cheers
Rahul
 
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Saving N-400 form on a disk

Hi,

I'm not sure if you need a newer version of Adobe or the full version, or perhaps the version of the N-400 form has been updated since last year, but, I have had no problems saving my file on a disk or on my computer with the fillable sections intact.

I also do not believe I did any thing out of the ordinary, however, I do know that I have the full version of Adobe Acrobat with Distiller, that could be the problem.
 
Rahul Kumar said:
For those geeks out there.

When you save a fillable PDF file it does not save the fields that you enter or fill, and the only way for most folks to save a copy of their N400 application is to have a spare printout or a photo copy...

For those who want to save a SOFT COPY (instead of taking many printouts) of your N400 applications , or ANY application here is a simple procedure..


1. When you issue the print commmand on the N400 application (PDF file), check the option where it says "Print to File". (Windows only ;) )

2. Save the file with a .ps extension (POST SCRIPT)

3. Get GhostView reader
http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html

4. Open the .ps file in this reader and you have a soft copy of your application forever.. You can take a print out of this at any time :cool:

If you insist on having a pdf version
Upload this file to www.ps2pdf.com and get a pdf version


Cheers
Rahul
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I think Ghostview needs Ghostscript to run. You can convert from PS to PDF inside Ghostscript/Ghostview. Once you open PS file in GSview click on File> Convert> and select PDF from the drop-down menu. I have been doing exactly this for the last 4 years!
 
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My 2 cents

I wouldn't use the fillable form. It causes confusion. For example, it does not let you have two current jobs in the form. I have two jobs, but the fillable Acrobat form forced me to enter an end-date for the second job (You cannot type "present") and so it caused confusion ....
 
You can fill that part alone by hand

eric711 said:
I wouldn't use the fillable form. It causes confusion. For example, it does not let you have two current jobs in the form. I have two jobs, but the fillable Acrobat form forced me to enter an end-date for the second job (You cannot type "present") and so it caused confusion ....
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You can fill that part alone by hand. I had similar problem. For example it
won't allow to to enter text instead of a date (from date:xx/xx/xx to: present).
But fillable forms are so useful. Otherwise there is so much scope for mistakes.
I used acrobat (full version).
Best option is: gather all the information for n-400 and then use Acrobat reader as a substitute for typewriter.
 
I agree with chanakya,

Gather it all, then use the fillable form and you can handfill anything else. Nothing beats a professional looking laser printout!
 
I have the N400 filled form saved on my disk ( I do also have Adobe Acrobat full version that came with my computer). I was able annotate the form the way I wanted without any problems. I agree that a laser printed form looks very good and I would recommend it if you have access to a computer with Acrobat.
(I just got my oath date :) )
 
PDF Creator

Hi Rahul, thanks for starting this thread. I started looking into this, and came across a PDF Creator on ebay. He sells many of those, starts at $1.99 and goes for $3 and shipping - would cost around $6. Since it was not much I ordered, and am loving it. This will install as a printer, and you can print a document to that printer, which in turn prompt for file name. Of course, a product by another geek. Good and smart.
 
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