Forms

Make a PDF fillable with Form Builder

How to do it

Form Builder turns any PDF into a form people can type into, in CrescentPDF or any other PDF reader. It can find the blanks for you, even on a scan.

Open the PDF and choose Tools > Form Builder (or press Ctrl+K and type "form").
Press Find fields for me. Its suggestions show in orange: solid when it's sure, dashed when it's not (point at one to see why). Choose Keep the sure ones, then check the rest.
To add a field yourself, pick a type in the toolbar (Text, Multi-line, Checkbox, Radio, List, Date or Signature) and drag a box on the page. It snaps to the printed line.
Select a field to set it up on the right: its name, Required, Read-only, a format like Phone number or Money ($), or a total that adds up other fields.
Press Check the form, then Try it to fill it in the way someone else will.
Press Done and save. Nothing changes in the file until you do.

Fields with the same name share one answer, so a client's name only has to be typed once. Put on every page copies a field to the same spot on each page.
Select several fields with Ctrl+click or Shift+click, or drag a box around them on an empty part of the page.
For a table, set up the first row, then use Copy down a table to fill the rest, numbered for you.
Field boxes never print. Only the answers do.
Form reissued? More > Copy fields from another PDF brings the fields over from your old fillable copy.
Single keys pick a field type while Form Builder is open: T Text, C Checkbox, D Date and more. The full list is under Keyboard shortcuts on the right.

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