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> Hi.  I'm now (re)reading the uptodate-1 document.  I notice that when
> I type some text into the text fields and then print, the text I
> entered does not show up in the printed version.  Is that a Acrobat
> Reader thing or a ConTeXt thing?

You have to make the fields printable:
\setupfields [][][][option=printable]

> There are some departments on campus who use HTML forms on the web as
> static forms.  They enter text into the HTML fields and then instead
> of submitting the form, they just print it.  It's not a very reliable
> way to do things, but they do it.  Could the same be done in
> ConTeXt-generated pdf documents?

YES YOU CAN, i work for several weeks to build such forms
and i can give you some examples for ConTeXt in source form.

Lutz