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title: Create PDF Form
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description: Build fillable PDF forms with drag-and-drop text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns, radio buttons, and more.
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# Create PDF Form
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Design professional fillable PDF forms from scratch or by adding fields to an existing PDF. The visual editor lets you drag and drop form elements -- text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns, radio buttons, signature fields, and more -- directly onto page previews. Configure field properties, set up conditional visibility rules, and export a fully interactive PDF form.
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## How It Works
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1. Upload an existing PDF **or** click **Create Blank PDF** to start from scratch.
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2. If creating a blank PDF, select a page size (Letter, A4, A5, Legal, Tabloid, A3, or custom dimensions).
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3. The form editor opens with a toolbar of field types and a page preview area.
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4. Select a field type from the toolbar, then click on the page to place it.
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5. Drag fields to reposition them. Use the resize handles to adjust dimensions.
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6. Click a field to open the properties panel where you can set the field name, default value, font size, alignment, and more.
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7. Navigate between pages using the page controls.
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8. Click **Save** to download the finished fillable PDF.
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## Features
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- Drag-and-drop field placement with visual handles for resizing
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- Field types: text input, multiline text, checkbox, dropdown, radio button, signature, date, number, and barcode
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- Properties panel for configuring each field's name, label, default value, font size, color, alignment, and validation
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- Field actions and conditional visibility rules (show/hide fields based on other field values)
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- Page navigation for multi-page forms
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- Existing field extraction -- automatically detects and imports form fields from uploaded PDFs
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- Support for both uploaded PDFs and blank pages as the form canvas
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- Multiple page size presets plus custom dimensions
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- Barcode generation powered by bwip-js
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- Radio button group management
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## Options
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**Page size presets (for blank PDFs):**
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- Letter (8.5" x 11")
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- A4 (210mm x 297mm)
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- A5 (148mm x 210mm)
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- Legal (8.5" x 14")
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- Tabloid (11" x 17")
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- A3 (297mm x 420mm)
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- Custom (specify width and height)
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**Field properties (vary by field type):**
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- Name, label, and placeholder text
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- Default value
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- Font family, size, and color
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- Text alignment (left, center, right)
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- Required field toggle
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- Read-only toggle
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- Max length for text fields
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- Options list for dropdowns and radio buttons
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- Conditional visibility actions
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## Use Cases
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- Building employee onboarding forms with text fields for personal information and checkboxes for policy acknowledgment
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- Creating client intake questionnaires with dropdowns for service selection
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- Designing order forms with calculated fields and barcode identifiers
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- Building inspection checklists with radio buttons for pass/fail ratings
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- Creating survey forms with conditional follow-up questions that appear based on responses
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## Tips
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- If you upload an existing PDF, the tool will attempt to extract any form fields that are already present, letting you edit or add to them.
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- Use the radio button group feature to create mutually exclusive selections. Fields in the same radio group share a group name.
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- Test your form by downloading it and opening it in the [Form Filler](./form-filler) to verify field behavior.
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## Related Tools
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- [Form Filler](./form-filler)
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- [Sign PDF](./sign-pdf)
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- [PDF Editor](./edit-pdf)
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