Fill in a form

About Fill in a form

Type into a PDF form’s own fields, tick its boxes and pick from its lists, then save it still editable or sealed so the answers can no longer change. You can save your answers as a file and fill the same form from it next time; Acrobat .xfdf answers work too.

How to use it

1. Add the PDF form; its fields appear as a list of boxes, each with its name.
2. Type your answers, tick the boxes that apply, and pick from any lists.
3. Or choose Fill it from saved answers to load a .json or .xfdf file from last time.
4. Tick Seal the answers, or Also save my answers as a file, if you want either.
5. Press Fill it in and save the filled form.

Good to know

The answers go into the form’s own fields, so they sit exactly where the form’s maker put the boxes and print neatly. Some fields have a set length, and the box says how many characters it takes. Answers saved from a different form fill nothing, and the tool says so rather than pretend.

Seal the answers when you send a final copy, so nobody can change them after you. Leave it off while a form is still being completed, or when the office asks for an editable form. The answers file is small and holds only what you typed; keep it private if the form is.

Answers are written with the form’s own font where it can draw them. An answer in Malayalam, Hindi or another script the font cannot draw is kept as real words in the field and shown with a picture of the words drawn inside the box, so it reads correctly in any reader and when sealed. For words outside the boxes, use Add text.

Questions people ask

Guides

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