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Help: Filling Out PDF Forms

There are two different kinds of forms that you can fill out using PDFpen: interactive, fillable forms that have built in form fields, and non-interactive forms that are just scanned documents without built-in form fields.

Interactive PDF Forms

These forms are easy to fill out using PDFpen.

  1. Make sure that the Select Text tool tool is chosen.
  2. Click on a form field. A blue border appears around the field.
  3. Fill in the field by typing.
  4. Use the Tab button to move to the next field.
  5. To check a checkbox or select a radio button, just click on it.

Non-interactive forms

  1. Select the Text tool text tool.
  2. Click on the areas of the form you want to fill in. A text box appears.
  3. Type the information.

Important tip: By default, the Text tool will revert to the Edit tool after each use. To override this, double-click the Text tool. The tool will stay active and you'll be able to fill out the whole form without switching back and forth between tools.

Saving Your Form

When you're done filling out the form, choose File > Save. PDFpen will save it with the information you added, so you can edit the form later without losing any work.

 

 
 
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