FlexiPDF can be used to fill in both interactive and non-interactive forms.

Interactive Forms

An interactive form is a specially prepared PDF which contains interactive elements like text boxes, buttons and lists. You can interact with these, supplying text and making selections. You can then save, print or send this filled-in PDF to others via email. See Interactive forms.

Traditional Paper Forms (Non-interactive forms)

A non-interactive form is simply a PDF version of a traditional paper form. Normally this would have to be printed out then filled-in by hand. With FlexiPDF, you can use the Text+ tool to fill in text fields and check boxes, speeding up the entire process while keeping the form entirely digital and available to print or attach to an email.

  1. Select the Text+ tool .
    As you move the mouse over the form, FlexiPDF will try to highlight the areas to be filled in. FlexiPDF makes a guess at the shape and location of editable areas. Sometimes it may guess incorrectly. In those cases, hold down Control as you click to ignore the guess.
  2. Click on a highlighted area to begin typing into it.
    Hold the Ctrl key when you click to ignore FlexiPDF’s guess and create a small, single-line text box.
  3. If FlexiPDF determines that the item under the mouse looks like a check-box, it changes the cursor to a pointing hand. Click to mark the box with an X. Click again to remove the X.
    Hold the Ctrll key and click to ignore the check-box and create a small, single-line text box.
    Hold Ctrl+Shift to force FlexiPDF to create an X even when it doesn’t recognise the area as being a checkbox.
Notes
  • Use the Text+ tool to create new text boxes in any kind of PDF, not just form-style documents.
  • The Text+ tool does not edit existing text – only text created by the tool either during this session or from when the PDF was last edited.
  • Since FlexiPDF is making a guess at the shape and location of editable areas, it may sometimes arrive at an incorrect decision. In this case, hold down Ctrl as you click to ignore the guess.
  • Filled-in forms are normal PDFs that can be viewed and printed by any PDF viewing application.