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ABBYY® FineReader PDF Users Guide
Creating forms
Video: How to Create Fillable PDF Forms
To create a form:
1. In the PDF Editor, create a new document or open an existing one. See also: Viewing PDF
documents
2. Switch to form editing mode.
To do so, navigate to the Form Editor tab. The toolbar on this tab will display the various field
types that can be added to the PDF document.
If your form already contains interactive fields, their names will be displayed on the form. If you
do not want to see the field names, right-click anywhere on the form and clear the check box next
to the Show Field Names item on the shortcut menu. Alternatively, click Form Editor > Show
Field Names.
In form editing mode, the main PDF tools become unavailable.
3. Add and edit form fields as required and adjust their position on the page.
Fields can only be repositioned within the current page.
To see your form fields as they will be displayed to the user, exit form editing mode .
You can add fields of the following types:
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text field
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