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Make a PDF fillable

Press Find blanks to put a typing box on each blank line and a tick box in each empty square. Add or remove boxes by hand, then download.

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You can also open photos of a paper form. Your PDF is never uploaded.

  1. Open the PDF you want people to fill in.
  2. Press Find blanks, then check each box it adds.
  3. Download the fillable PDF. That’s when the $1.99 is charged.

$1.99 per PDF, charged only when you download. Nothing renews.

How to make a PDF fillable here

  1. Open your PDF. A Word document saved as a PDF is a good start. Scans are fine too.
  2. Place the $1.99 hold on Stripe’s card page. Nothing is charged yet.
  3. Press Find blanks. A typing box is added on each blank line and a tick box in each empty square, each named after the words next to it, such as “Name” or “Date”. Lines that already have something on them are skipped.
  4. Click each box and type a sample answer to see that it fits. To move a box, drag the dark tab on its left; pull the yellow corner dot to resize it. Press Name to rename it, or Delete to remove it.
  5. Add any boxes Find blanks missed: use Text box (drag to draw one) or Checkbox (click to place one).
  6. Press Download. The boxes you added stay fillable, and anything you typed in them is kept.

Before you send it

Open the downloaded PDF and type into each box once to check its size. A box that’s too short cuts off what people type. If one needs fixing, go back to the editor in the same browser within 24 hours. Your boxes are still there; fix them and download again. You won’t pay twice for the same PDF.

Draw a box taller than about two lines of text (30 points) and it accepts several lines of typing, which suits addresses and comments.

Guides

Questions

How does Find blanks choose where boxes go?

It searches the page for thin printed lines with empty space above them, and for small empty squares. Lines and squares that already have a box, printed words, typed words or a signature on them are skipped, and so are table cells with words in them. Some blanks get missed, so check the boxes it adds.

Will people be able to fill in my PDF with their own app?

The boxes are standard PDF form fields (AcroForm fields), the form type defined in the PDF standard.

Can I add a signature box?

Draw a text box where the signature goes. The person can type their name there, or sign on top of it.

Do I need Adobe Acrobat?

No. The editing happens in your browser, here.

More you can do with the same PDF

Every tool is included in the $1.99.

Fill out a PDF formType into the boxes a form already has, or anywhere on the page.Sign a PDFDraw, type or upload your signature, then add the date.Type on a PDFAdd words, dates, ticks and crosses anywhere on a page.Merge PDFsPut several PDFs, or photos, into one file.Rearrange PDF pagesDrag pages into the order you want.Delete pages from a PDFRemove the pages you don’t need.Rotate a PDFTurn sideways or upside-down pages the right way up.Extract pages from a PDFSave some of the pages as their own PDF.JPG to PDFTurn photos of paper forms into one PDF.Black out text in a PDFCover names and numbers with a black box to remove them from the file. Pages with a black box are saved as pictures.

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