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Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

By Brien Posey December 16, 2015, 5:02 AM PST

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Have you ever had someone send you a PDF form that you hadrnto print, fill out, and scan before returning it to the sender? Much of thisrnhassle could have been avoided if the sender had created an interactive PDFrnform rather than a simple PDF document. Thankfully, there are lots of toolsrnavailable for generating various types of fill-able PDF forms.

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Wondershare PDFelement
Wondershare PDFelement
Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

Wondershare PDFelement

Wondershare PDFelement

Wondershare PDFelement lets you create, convert,rnor combine PDF documents. The program has a clean look and could almost passrnfor a Microsoft Office product. Since this program is first and foremost a PDFrneditor, it should come as no surprise that it includes features such asrnExtract, Search and Replace, Rotate, and Watermark. However, the applicationrnalso has a tab dedicated to forms, which lets you add interactive elements suchrnas buttons, text boxes, and check boxes.

Wondershare PDFelement
Wondershare PDFelement
Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

Wondershare PDFelement

Wondershare PDFelement

Wondershare PDFelementrnsells for $69.95, but a free trial version is available for download.

DeskPDF Studio X
DeskPDF Studio X
Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

DeskPDF Studio X

DeskPDF Studio X

DeskPDF Studio X hasrnan entire tab dedicated to the creation of online forms and allows you torninsert standard items, such as text boxes, combo boxes, and list boxes. ThernForms tab also features Javascript support, which allows for a degree ofrndocument automation.

DeskPDF Studio X sellsrnfor $79.95, but a free trial version is available for download.

PDF Forms
PDF Forms
Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

PDF Forms

PDF Forms

PDF Forms sells forrn$99.95, but a free trial version is available for download.

Amyuni PDF Suite Professional
Amyuni PDF Suite Professional
Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

Amyuni PDF Suite Professional

Amyuni PDF Suite Professional

One of the really nicernthings about this application is that it doesn’t require you to build arndocument from scratch. You can start out by importing an existing PDF file andrnuse it as a starting point for the document you want to create.

Amyuni PDF Suite Professional sells for $128.70, but a freerntrial version is available for download.

FormDocs
FormDocs
Screenshots: Create interactive PDF forms with the help of these five apps

FormDocs

FormDocs

FormDocs sells for $99.95, but a free trial is available forrndownload.

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