FreePDF: Creating interactive forms is not possible in FreePDF.
FlexiPDF enables you to create and fill in both interactive and non-interactive forms. FreePDF allows you to fill interactive and non-interactive forms.
Interactive forms
An interactive form is a specially prepared PDF for completion, which contains interactive elements such as text boxes, buttons and lists. You interact with these elements, enter text and make selections. You can then save, print or send this completed PDF to others via e-mail. For more information, see Interactive forms.
Traditional paper forms (non-interactive forms)
A non-interactive form is simply the PDF version of a traditional paper form. Normally, you would have to print it and fill it in by hand. FreePDF enables you to use the Text Plus tool to fill in text boxes and checkboxes. This speeds up the completion of forms enormously and the form remains digital – thus you can easily send it by e-mail.
| 1. | Select the Text Plus tool  in the Quick access toolbar. |
| When you let the mouse hover over the form, FreePDF tries to highlight the areas to be filled. |
| 2. | Click in a highlighted area and start typing. |
| If you do not want FreePDF to try to automatically detect the size of the input field, press Ctrl when you click in the area. You will then obtain a single-line input field. |
| 3. | When FreePDF detects that the element under the mouse cursor looks like a checkbox, it changes the cursor to a hand. |
| Then click to mark the box with an X. Click again to remove the X. |
| 4. | If you do not want FreePDF to try to automatically detect checkboxes, press Ctrl when you click in the area. You will then obtain a single-line input field. |
| Press Ctrl+Shift to force an X even if FreePDF does not detect a checkbox at this position. |
Notes
▪The Text Plus tool creates new text boxes in any kind of PDF document and not just in forms.
▪The Text Plus tool only edits text that was created with this tool during the current or an earlier session and does not edit existing text.
▪Since FreePDF tries to estimate the size and position of editable areas, incorrect results sometimes occur. In this case, press Ctrl to ignore the estimate.
▪Completed forms are normal PDFs that can be viewed and printed with any PDF viewing application.