Fill forms

Use the Highlight Fields tool on the Fields tab of the ribbon to make it easier to locate all fields in a form. To set basic form options, such as form field highlight color, go to File > Options > Forms.

Fill an active PDF form

Set form options before you proceed.

Open the form in the program. All the form controls will be active.
Check whether the controls are in order. Post-edit them only if necessary.
Select the Hand tool at the top of the Panel bar.
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.

Activate and fill a static form you have received

Scan or open the form, converting to PDF if required.
Use the Settings dialog box in the Form Controls panel to set a language for auto-detected labels.
Use it also to enable or disable font resizing for text fields, allowing longer entries to remain visible.
Run Form Typer to detect form controls, have them activated and labeled.
Post-edit the form if necessary, moving, adding or deleting fields.
Select the Hand tool, then fill the form.

You can add handwritten signatures, text, check marks, and other customizable objects to your static form. These do not require form activation. For details, see Sign & Mark.
Resend the completed form, proceeding with any of the following steps:
- 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.

As an alternative, you can convert a static PDF form to an active Word form using form mode in PDF Convert – post-edit and fill the form in Microsoft Word and send that, electronically or physically.