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title: Create PDF Form
description: Build fillable PDF forms with drag-and-drop text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns, radio buttons, and more.
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# Create PDF Form

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.

## How It Works

1. Upload an existing PDF **or** click **Create Blank PDF** to start from scratch.
2. If creating a blank PDF, select a page size (Letter, A4, A5, Legal, Tabloid, A3, or custom dimensions).
3. The form editor opens with a toolbar of field types and a page preview area.
4. Select a field type from the toolbar, then click on the page to place it.
5. Drag fields to reposition them. Use the resize handles to adjust dimensions.
6. Click a field to open the properties panel where you can set the field name, default value, font size, alignment, and more.
7. Navigate between pages using the page controls.
8. Click **Save** to download the finished fillable PDF.

## Features

- Drag-and-drop field placement with visual handles for resizing
- Field types: text input, multiline text, checkbox, dropdown, radio button, signature, date, number, and barcode
- Properties panel for configuring each field's name, label, default value, font size, color, alignment, and validation
- Field actions and conditional visibility rules (show/hide fields based on other field values)
- Page navigation for multi-page forms
- Existing field extraction -- automatically detects and imports form fields from uploaded PDFs
- Support for both uploaded PDFs and blank pages as the form canvas
- Multiple page size presets plus custom dimensions
- Barcode generation powered by bwip-js
- Radio button group management

## Options

**Page size presets (for blank PDFs):**

- Letter (8.5" x 11")
- A4 (210mm x 297mm)
- A5 (148mm x 210mm)
- Legal (8.5" x 14")
- Tabloid (11" x 17")
- A3 (297mm x 420mm)
- Custom (specify width and height)

**Field properties (vary by field type):**

- Name, label, and placeholder text
- Default value
- Font family, size, and color
- Text alignment (left, center, right)
- Required field toggle
- Read-only toggle
- Max length for text fields
- Options list for dropdowns and radio buttons
- Conditional visibility actions

## Use Cases

- Building employee onboarding forms with text fields for personal information and checkboxes for policy acknowledgment
- Creating client intake questionnaires with dropdowns for service selection
- Designing order forms with calculated fields and barcode identifiers
- Building inspection checklists with radio buttons for pass/fail ratings
- Creating survey forms with conditional follow-up questions that appear based on responses

## Tips

- 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.
- Use the radio button group feature to create mutually exclusive selections. Fields in the same radio group share a group name.
- Test your form by downloading it and opening it in the [Form Filler](./form-filler) to verify field behavior.

## Related Tools

- [Form Filler](./form-filler)
- [Sign PDF](./sign-pdf)
- [PDF Editor](./edit-pdf)