Fill forms
Fill forms writes values into the form fields (AcroForm) a PDF already has: text boxes, checkboxes and dropdown lists, without opening the document in a dedicated program. Enter one field=value pair per line, with the exact field name from the source PDF. All processing runs in your browser.
Two steps, nothing to install.
The whole job happens on your computer, start to finish.
Choose the file
Drag the PDF with the form into the tool window, or click to pick it.
Write the values
One field=value pair per line, with the exact field name. Download the filled document.
How do I know the exact name of each field?
There is no preview list inside this tool today: write the name you believe is right and, if it does not match, the error message states which name it did not recognise. A PDF reader with a forms panel (for example Adobe Acrobat Reader) also shows field names when hovering over them.
Does it work with any PDF form?
Only with forms that have a real AcroForm: text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns or radio groups drawn as actual fields. A form drawn as plain text, common in scans, has no detectable field at all.
How do I check or uncheck a checkbox?
Use 1 (or sim, true, x, on) to check it, and 0 (or an equivalent empty value) to uncheck it.
What does flatten do?
Makes the written value permanent: it becomes part of the page drawing, and the field can no longer be edited afterwards. It is optional, for anyone who wants the document closed rather than still editable.
The tool says the PDF has no form fields.
It is the case of a form drawn as text or an image, with no real AcroForm behind it: lines, boxes and labels that look like a form but have no field a program can actually read or write. There is no box detection or OCR here.
The tool says it does not recognise a field.
The name you typed does not match any field in the PDF. The message shows the exact name it did not recognise; check upper case, lower case, spaces and accents, all of which count toward the field name.
The tool refuses a value on a dropdown or options field.
Dropdowns and radio groups only accept one of the values the PDF itself already defines. Writing a value outside that list is refused rather than accepted blindly, so the document does not end up with an option the form's interface never shows.
There is a field the tool never writes to.
Digital signatures and buttons are AcroForm field types that cannot be filled with text; the tool refuses them rather than pretending it wrote something.
Questions about filling PDF forms.
Do I need an account to fill a form?
Yes. The account (magic link, no password) is needed for the subscription. This tool is part of the Premium subscription, EUR 1.99 a month, which removes the limits on every tool and adds OCR. Sign PDF opens on the free plan, with one signature a day.
Can I fill thirty fields at once?
Yes, one per line, with no practical limit on the number of lines.
Does the document stay editable after filling it?
Yes, unless you tick the flatten option, which makes the values permanent.
Are my files kept on your servers?
No. Since nothing is sent, nothing is kept outside your browser.
Have a form
to fill in?
Open the tool and try it. Nothing to install, nothing sent anywhere.
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