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PDFill PDF Form Maker:  (See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File  )

An interactive PDF form is a collection of PDF fields for gathering information interactively from the user. A PDF document may contain any number of fields appearing on any combination of pages, all of which make up a single, global interactive form spanning the entire document.  An interactive form can be filled out on a computer and may be submitted through an Internet or local network connection.

PDFill PDF Form Maker is specially designed for the fillable PDF forms that can be filled out using free Adobe Reader. This form was generated without any programming, HTML or PDF knowledge.

You may have to spend $500 to buy Adobe Acrobat Professional in order to get this feature. With only $19.99 PDFill PDF Editor 5.0, you can create, fill, edit and delete form fields in a PDF document so that your fill-in form can be filled out using  free Adobe (Acrobat) Reader by you or other people. All PDF forms create by PDFill can be distributed via email and web sites. Data can be submitted straight from forms back to your web server. It can then be retrieved automatically and stored in a database for export or analysis.

PDF Form is very similar to HTML Form. PDF forms are often required for a range of reasons:  Good printing support, On screen scalability, PDF standard already in use within certain organizations. Not only does PDF Form look superb, it also behaves intelligently.

To collect your client's filling data, just add  Submit Button so that your client can email you the form data.

1. Create a new Form Field and Set the Form Field Properties with 4 PDF field state triggers: Keystroke, Format, Validate and Calculate:

Text Field Tool
Check Box Tool
Radio Button Tool
Combo Box Tool
List Box Tool
Push Button Tool

2.  Tools for PDF Form Maker

Table Tool to create Multiple New Form Fields in rows and columns
Adjust Box Height using Font Size
Tab Order by Clicking or Table
Set New Field's Calculation Order
Align Tools to precisely Align Field's Position

3.  Add multiple PDF Actions into a new PDF form field with 6 PDF action triggers: Mouse Up, Mouse Down, Mouse Enter, Mouse Exit, On Focus and On Blur.

Open a Web Link
Reset a Form
Submit a Form 
Run a JavaScript
Named Action 
Go to Local Page 
Go to Another PDF
Launch Application or Document

4. Please read this.

Please note that the new PDF form created by PDFill can be filled and printed using free Adobe Reader. But, it cannot be saved using Adobe Reader.  The end user has to buy $19.99 PDFill PDF Editor or much more expensive Adobe Acrobat products. If you need to collect the client user information, there are a few free ways:

• You can add  Submit Button to ask the client to send the form data to your email.

• You can add  Submit Button using our FREE Form Submit Services. The client user can download the format data in FDF or XLS format, or email the format data to you directly.  Please see the PDF Form Submit examples.

• You can add  Submit Button to send the form data to Your Web Server. Please see the PDF Form Submit examples and  the example PHP Codes used for the Online PDF Form.  You can easily save the filled data into excel, Text, FDF, XFDF, or database in your server. 

• The client can download and install the FREE PDF Writer included inside trial version of PDFill PDF Editor;  Then fill out your form and print into a new PDF using FREE PDF Writer; He can email the new printed PDF to you. (Please don't add Security for your PDF form)

• Ask your client to install PDFill, Fill Form inside PDFill, Export the form data into Microsoft Excel or Text File, and then email back to you; You can use PDFill read into PDF Form. It is FREE to export data inside PDFill!

• Ask your client to send you the project file (PFL).

5. Screenshots

Text Field Tool

Check Box and Radio Button Tool

Combo Box and List Box Tool

Push Button Tool

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