Creating writeable forms from documents

How do I create a writeable form from a pdf or word file.

There's information about creating forms in the Acrobat help doc and a number of tutorials and other content at AcrobatUsers.com. The specific details depend on what version of Acrobat you're using, but in short, you first create the PDF and then add the fields using the various form-related tools available in Acrobat. Acrobat includes a form wizard which will attempt to automatically detect where form fields should go and adds them, but you usually have to do a considerable amount of revision to get everything working the way you want.
Acrobat 11 includes the FormsCentral designer and may direct you to using it. It is OK for simple forms that you can create from scratch, particularly if you want to use them with the FormsCentral service.

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I've created a PDF form using Adobe acrobat. I created the forms from a PDF that I made using pages

I've created a PDF form using Adobe acrobat. I created the forms from a PDF that I made using pages and word on Mac running Mountain lion. How do I allow the user of the form to insert JPEG files when filling out the form and how do I allow the user to add more fields or groups of fields as needed.

The type of form yo're describing is possible if you create it in LiveCycle Designer. It may also be possible in Acrobat, but there are certain restrictions. The type of form is known as a dynamic XFA form. LiveCycle Designer is not available on the Mac, so you'd have to install the software on a Windows machine and learn how to create this type of form. The LiveCycle Designer forum here is a good resource for getting more help.
Reader 11 now supports creating new pages using templates with a form that you create in Acrobat (Acroform). This requires some JavaScript programming. It also adds support for using a button to display a page from a PDF, which can be an image or anything else a PDF can be. So the user would click a button, be prompted to import a page from an existing PDF, and the button (or a different button) displays it as its icon. This would require the user to convert the image to PDF first, which is relatively easy these days (e.g., using Preview on the Mac, or Word on Mac/Windows). This too involves a bit of JavaScript programming, but it's very simple and straightforward.

Create a Form from Scratch: Possible or Not

So, I have Acrobat X.
I want to create a form from scratch. I have Word doc, but it wasn't created to look like a form, and I didn't like the way it imported.
So, can I create a form from scratch. Or Not?
If you try to start from scratch, it suggests a template on formscentral - and after signing up for free and spending an hour making the form, I find that I can not save or save as PDF the form that I created without forking over my credit card information - for a free trial that bills in a few weeks. (As much as I like the form data collection tools available, I cannot have my data collected by Adobe.)
I can open an empty MS Word doc to start from - as my import choice - but can you make it any harder to mave the text around or enter new text? I never did figure out how to edit text. Is the answer going to be to edit my text in Word or in the plain PDF tool?
I just found the form creation to be completely counter intuitive.

Acrobat is not a Word processor, really. "Adding a carriage return" makes sense in a word processor, where the layout is still fluid. In a PDF the layout is finished, everything is a graphic. So, absolutely, it's designed to work with pre-made forms. To me, that's a strenghth - you can use the tools you already know to make the form background, then you add the fields in Acrobat. With work, you can preserve the fields over remaking the PDF, then just adjust the field positions.

Creating vb forms from designer

After creating oracle forms from designer whenever we run form it display no records at the first and we can add/edit/delete/query
but if we create vb forums it display all the records.
Can't we do it just like in oracle forms

Hi Niall,
After updating Properties>Compatibility and settings Target version on the old xdp I see following xml generated.
Does this sound right () ?
Thanks
YogLC
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xfa generator="AdobeLiveCycleDesignerES_V9.0.0.1.20100329.2.659576" APIVersion="3.1.9277.0"?><xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/" timeStamp="2010-06-21T15:15:11Z" uuid="42e37fb9-0d21-499d-94bd-259200a97a10"><
template xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.1/" xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.0/">
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Can i create a form from one that i had done before

Can i convert a form that i had already created in word or excel?

Thank youthat was the first post I ever submitted.
I think I figured it outI was referring to Forms Creator. I want to use
this tool to create forms for a Policy and Procedural Manual and Forms that
I am creating. I want the forms to be ³active² so that the user can fill out
the proper documents on the computer as needed instead of transferring info
from a paper filled out form or document. Does that make sense? I
discovered that I needed to save the form or document that I have already
created to a PDF format. The allow Adobe to identify the fields
automatically then I can tweak from there. I am in the process of doing one
now.
If you any suggestions/short cuts, etcfeel free to let me know.
Thank you for your response.
Frank

Creating pdf forms from a Word doc that will need to be edited in the future

Ok, I searched everywhere for an answer to this situation... and I want to know if there is a work around.
Basically, I have a word document. I will use this Word document to create a application form. So I will manually create fields where needed after I convert the document to pdf.
Now here is the issue... at some point, the Word document will have to be changed... maybe a date or an address or something. This would mean I would have to change the original Word document, re-create the form (adding all the fields again) and re-publish it.
Can I somehow edit the text in the pdf (with the fields already in place) without having to change the original word file and re-create the form?
Has anyone had this problem? Am I doing something wrong? Or is there an assumption that the original Word document you use to create your form (pdf) will not be changed at a later date?
Thanks.
Quinn

Ok, sorry if I haven't quite figured this out.
When I create a pdf form, AA can detect some fields and automatically creates them. This is great. For other fields, I have to create them. No problem.
So here I have Document A (MS Word) and my new pdf form (Document B).
I edit Document A and change the date in the header let's say. I re-create my pdf form (Document C).
How will Document C remember to re-associate the fields I created in Document B? Won't I have to start all over again?
This is my question. If the answer is no, then I just have to hope that when I create the new form, AA can figure out as many fields as possible (and selection choices such as bullet, check marks, etc).
Thanks again for your help.
Quinn

Creating separate forms from Database

I'm using Acrobat 9.1.2 and LiveCycle Designer ES ver. 8.2.1x.
I have an MS Access database populated with names/info regarding various people (Customers). I'm trying to create/generate separate (Order) forms, one for each Customer, each pre-populated with the Customer's contact information from the database. I want to e-mail each customized form to each Customer.
Each Customer should be able to change/correct inaccurate Customer information on the form (set control "Type" to "Calculated - User can override"?).
Each form will also have a table containing various "Products" (not connected to the database) and drop-down list controls from which each Customer can select the number/quantity of each Product he/she wants to order. Price extensions, subtotals, and totals are all calculated using FormCalc.
The Customer will then be able to both "Submit by e-mail," and "Print" and return the form by mail with his/her payment. I will then collect/assemble the returned .xml files and import them into the MS Access database myself.
Where I'm hung up is when I connect the Order form to the database, only one form is created, and only data from the first record appears in it. How do I create one form for each Customer from the database?
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So each record in the DB represents a separate instance of the form to be mailed out to someone.....right?
Normally that level of functionality is done server side but there is one reason why you may not want to do this clicent side. Let me explain. You woudl have to write an automation script that woudl retrieve each record from the DB. Once a record is retrieved you coudl automate the mail of the doc , then get the next record and mail ...etc...until all records are done. All of this is possible except for the sending of the email. Acrobat/Reader will allow you to create the email message and control all aspects of it, but it will not allow you to send an email without the user hitting the send button. So if you want to have the mail generated, then hit send after every instance then it could be done.
If you do this using server products then this is not an issue and can be easily done, but note that the cost of the server products will make the solution out of reach for all but the company's that do mass mailings or e-statements etc.
Hope that helps
Paul

Create HTML Form from PDF Form

Does anyone know of a quick way to create an HTML Form from an existing PDF Form?
Thanks everyone!
mars

From ID you can export to XHTML which is indeed consumed by DW but not via Acrobat...
So, can I import a PDF form into ID?
When I meant was - InDesign can export to XHTML
Acrobat cannot
Indeed, it would be great if forms could be created as ID objects and then exported to a PDF form but not yet (all fingers and toes crossed for CS5/CS6)
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Re: Help creating digital forms from paper forms on a mac

This is a pretty general question but does anyone know of a way to create a digital form from a scanned paper form on a mac? I know that people use software such as Nuance's Omniform on the Windows platforms but I can't seem to find such a program for the mac. Is there someway to pull this off using Adobe PDF files? I would appreciate any help you guys can provide.
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Stu

You can use Filemaker Pro and in the Layout section you drag "fields" around to represent any form you wish, draw lines and boxes, place pictures just like a page layout program but it's a database program.
You can then use these "fields" in any layout you wish, each record in the database will change the associated fields accordingly, name, address, phone etc etc.
I haven't used it in awhile, so I don't know if you can import a scan of a present paper form or not for a template, but it's rather easy to copy by measuring with a ruler.
Filemaker Pro so happens to be owned by Apple, but it's a seperate company, so you know it will work well.
If that's to much money for you, you can check out Appleworks, but I hear Apple isn't putting out any more updates for it, no Mactel version.
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How do I create a form from a pdf file?

I need to create a form using a template from a master agreement that a user can just use by filling in the blanks. I used MS Word and it did not work. PDF file doesnt work either. I lose the blanks. I tried inserting a text box that did not work either.

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Forgive my amateurishness, I have a simple .xml that was created with excel with name, address, date of service, age, dob, account #, unit, and business name. I need a form to be pre-populated with the .xml data but have other fields (mainly Yes/No check boxes) that need to be populated by another user. This user would then finish filling out the form and return it to me via email. I have created the form in LC Designer ES2 and created it with Acrobat Pro X. However when I attempt to import data I can only see the first .xml record. So my question is, how do I create multiple .pdf forms for each .xml record? Do I need to use Java within LC Designer? Or use Adobe Pro? I am not afraid to attempt to code, (I have many excel programs that batch print to .pdf using vb).
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Now I have to create the form using this pdfSource. How can we achieve this?
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Hi,
We are trying to implement workflow, without using ESS MSS or Guided procedure. So once one user has filled and submit the form. We have to generate the same form with data for other user.
I know, we can extract the data and save it in a table, and then again set it for another user. But its a bit lengthy procedure
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I am brand new to Microsoft Access and have had some exciting success making forms from single tables. This has made my data entry life much easier. However, I am continually stumped on one form I want to make. I would like to make a form that will let me
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Can I use FormsCentral when creating a form from existing document?

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