Fillable PDF Forms

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View and Edit

  • Document Viewer on Linux or Chrome browser allow filling, if format is fillable
  • XFA standard was discontinued [1]. Now it's AcroForms

Generating

  • LibreOffice Writer can create forms like this [2]
    • Simply go to: view->toolbars->Form Controls.

Fillable.jpg

  • Then simply drag and drop text box, heck mark, others. Transparent.
  • Use PDF save button, it exports and works. When filling, text is small, after filled, text gets larger and properly sized.
  • Check out the source files - odt and PDF. Can edit odt in LibreOffice Writer fully - text and fields. Can fill in fillable parts in Dochub on google drive. Can edit the text, but not fillable boxes, in Google Docs. TLDR; universal editability of PDF, but source editability only in LibreOffice Writer.

File:Fillable.odt. File:Fillable.pdf. File:Fillabel.doc