PDF forms can be of two types: static and active. Static ones look like forms but responses cannot be entered. Such forms may be just part of a longer PDF document. Active forms have controls that respondents can set (for example Yes/No) or choose from a longer set of options or provide text responses. Click Form controls to see a list of form elements available in the program.
To fill an active PDF form
Open the form in PDF Viewer. All its form controls will be active.
Choose the 
Hand tool.
Step through the form elements making choices and entering text.
Save the filled form, click its Submit button if it exists, or resend the form electronically.
Go to Edit > Preferences > Forms to select items that help in filling forms. Enable Automatically calculate field values, so that any calculations already defined in the form will be updated in PDF Viewer. Enable the auto-complete feature to help you fill text boxes more quickly. Enable Display focus rectangle so you can always tell which is the current control. For easy navigation, choose hover text display, a highlight color for ordinary fields and a separate border color for required form fields.
To activate and fill a static form you have received
Scan or open the form, converting to PDF if required.
Run FormTyper to detect form controls and have them activated.
Post-edit the form if necessary, moving, adding or deleting fields.
Click the Hand tool, then fill the form.
To resend the completed form, do one of the following:
Send the filled form as a PDF.
Print the form and its contents, and send the printed form.
Print only your responses onto the blank physical form and resend that.
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