Presumably because they have a license arrangement with Adobe (generally affordable only to institutions), and because you're using a recent version of Reader, which can securely submit form data (in the same manner as a browser) to any server that is so equipped. -Josh >Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:31:56 -0700 >From: Jim Manley <jpmanley at gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [G4] Type-able PDFs > >Then how can the IRS have an online PDF that you can type in through >your browser? >--- >James Paul Manley >Albuquerque, New Mexico > >Jim Manley's Photoshop Elements Page >http://www.geocities.com/jim_p_manley/index.html