MarkupPDF Commands:

OTS tax programs will intercept "MarkupPDF" commands occurring in a Tax Input File, and will forward them to the Tax Output File, where they will be interpreted by the Universal_PDF_file_modifier which places your desired markups onto the resulting PDF form pages. This gives you the ability to add and maintain you own markups in your tax-input files, which will then show up on your printed tax-forms.

For example, you could use this feature to fill-in answers on the forms, or check boxes, that are not provided by the default OTS programs. You could also use it to re-position or override the values provided by the default programs.

Example Usage - Syntax of line(s) you would add to your tax input file(s):

1. To specify a value for an existing PDF-tag-name (whose page and position is already defined in the default src/forms metadata.dat file):
           MarkupPDF   tag_name = value
   Example:
           MarkupPDF   L22 = 567.12

2. To specify a new mark-up (or to re-position an existing one):
           MarkupPDF( page_number, xpos, ypos ) tag_name = value
   Example:
           MarkupPDF( 5, 344, 800 ) CountyName = Warthberry
   In this example, "Warthberry" will be added on page 5, at position 344 horizontally, and 800 vertically.
   Note that the page-number refers to the page generated, starting from page 1.
   The xpos and ypos are the horizontal and vertical positions from the top-left of the page, assuming 110 units per inch.