Fillable forms - want to replace INFOPATH

We currently use INFOPATH for fillable forms, but it's a bear to work with and not shareable unless the other person has INFOPATH as well. One feature it has is conditional sections. Each section has multiple fields. For example, we use the form to create our truck loads. Some trucks have just one order and others have 2 or more (some even as high as 11). Infopath allows the user to add sections as we go. The second thing in InfoPath is the ability to use the infomation entered to perform basic calculations e.g. adding, transferring information from one cell to another, etc.

I don't understand. Are you saying that adding a signature to this file will somehow protect it from being altered after being saved?
Cynthia Fell
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>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:11:32 -0800
>From: GKaiseril <[email protected]>
>Subject: Want to edit a fillable form and save as a read only 3 times a day.
>To: Cynthia Fell <[email protected]>
Want to edit a fillable form and save as a read
only 3 times a day.
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