How to create online forms quickly and easily.

With the form builder feature in Acrobat, you can turn PDFs and other documents into online forms to post on a web page. It’s an easy way to securely collect data and signatures from completed forms.

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Online forms make websites smarter and more efficient.

The form builder feature in Acrobat makes it easy to create, publish, and track all the digital forms that matter to your business. No more manual processing of paper forms or sending physical copies out for signature. Go digital and accelerate your business every day.

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Create a form.

With the online form builder, you can easily create digital business forms with fields that people can fill and sign from any device. Or, use our prebuilt Adobe forms and templates for a variety of business purposes.

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Publish.

After seamlessly transforming your PDFs or document-based forms into digital forms, post them online to more easily collect data and signatures from customers and employees.

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Manage.

Track the status of every e-signature you’re collecting on your online forms. You can get real-time email notifications, send reminders, modify and cancel requests, and view a detailed audit trail for every transaction.

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How to create a form in Acrobat

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1. Create online forms.

Click on “Publish a web form.”

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2. Enter the web form name.

It can’t be edited after naming, so be sure it’s named correctly.

3. Configure the web form.

Choose the role of the viewer on the web (signer, approver, acceptor, form filler). Then choose the type of recipient identification and add a countersigner (optional).