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Fillable forms show their fields as a simple list. Flat and scanned forms work too: click anywhere on the page and type. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create.

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    Using Fill PDF form, step by step

    1. Drop the PDF form onto the box above.
    2. If the form has fillable fields, they appear as a list: type your answers, tick the boxes and pick the options.
    3. For a scanned or printed form, click on the page wherever you need to write and type. Drag the ⠿ handle to nudge text into place.
    4. Press Save filled PDF, read through the preview, and download the completed form.

    Two kinds of PDF form

    Some PDF forms are fillable. Whoever made them added real fields — text boxes, tick boxes, drop-down lists — that remember what you type. Application forms from banks, universities and government offices are often made this way. When you load one here, every field appears in a list, so you can work through it top to bottom without hunting for tiny boxes on the page.

    Many more forms are flat: a scan of a paper form, or a document exported without fields. There is nothing to fill in, only lines and boxes printed on the page. The usual answer is to print it, write on it and scan it back. Here you click on the page where the answer belongs and type. The text is written into the PDF as real, crisp text, not a blurry photo of handwriting.

    Getting answers to sit neatly

    Choose the text size before you start. Most forms are printed at 10 or 11 points, and matching that makes typed answers look as if they belong. For small boxes, such as the individual squares for a date of birth, drop to 8 or 9 points. Click just to the left of where the answer should start, and slightly above the printed line rather than on it: text sits on its baseline, so it lands on the line.

    Use the page arrows to move through the form. Each page keeps its own text, and a piece of text left empty disappears when you click elsewhere, so a mistaken click costs nothing.

    Locking the answers

    A filled-in form is still a form. Some PDF readers, especially on phones, show fields as empty or use a different font, and anyone who receives it can change the answers. Ticking Lock the answers flattens the form: the answers become part of the page, look the same everywhere, and cannot be edited. Keep an unlocked copy for yourself if you might need to change something later. You can also lock a form afterwards with Flatten PDF.

    What this tool cannot do

    Text is written with the standard PDF font, which covers English and other Latin-alphabet languages, numbers and common symbols. It cannot write Devanagari, Chinese, Arabic or emoji; if an answer contains those characters you will see a clear message rather than a broken file.

    A small number of government forms are made with an older Adobe technology called XFA. Opening one in most browsers shows a message such as "Please wait… if this message is not eventually replaced". Those forms only work properly in Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you see that message, ask the office for a standard PDF, or fill it in Acrobat Reader.

    To sign the completed form, download it and load it into Sign PDF.

    Frequently asked questions

    Why can I not see any form fields?

    The PDF is a flat form: it has printed lines and boxes but no real fields. That is normal for scanned forms and many official documents. Click on the page wherever you need to write and type your answer there.

    The form says "Please wait…" and will not open properly.

    That is an XFA form, an older Adobe format that only Adobe Acrobat Reader fully supports. Fill it in Acrobat Reader, or ask whoever sent it for a standard PDF version.

    Can I type in Nepali, Hindi or another non-Latin script?

    Not at the moment. Text is written with the standard PDF font, which supports Latin letters, numbers and common symbols only. If an answer uses other characters the tool tells you which part to change instead of producing a broken file.

    Can I sign the form as well?

    Yes. Save the filled form, then load it into Sign PDF to draw, type or upload your signature and place it on the signature line.

    What does "lock the answers" do?

    It flattens the form, turning each answer into ordinary page content. The form then looks identical in every PDF reader and the answers can no longer be edited. Keep an unlocked copy if you might need to change something.

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