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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:37:26 +0100, Peter Flynn wrote:   
      
   > Because the "fields" (blank spaces) are the same location every   
   > time, using LaTeX makes it possible to do the whole things from a   
   > script.   
      
   I used to do something similar for filling out my GST return, only using a   
   Python script and the Cairo graphics library -- import each page of the   
   PDF file, draw the filled-in entries on top of it, and print the result   
   out.   
      
   I did routines for things like splitting out the digits of a number so   
   each would fit, nicely centred, in its own box -- does LaTEX make this   
   sort of thing easy?   
      
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