Designing a fillable PDF form is not an easy task, you will have to align all the fields appropriately and make sure to leave the certain spaces, so, that the users can fill the forms. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't provide a way to design the fillable PDF forms and you will have to use third party software. Most of these software either comes with a pre-installed third party software or users will have to pay a very hefty price to get the software on the Windows or Mac OS X. The worst part about most of these applications is that you will not find any preset templates to create the PDF fillable forms. But you don't need to worry about it anymore, since I will introduce you the best PDF form designer.

Part 1. Best PDF Form Designing Software
Part 2. How to Create a Fiilable PDF Form

Part 1Best PDF Forms Designer that You Should Try

One of the easiest yet useful software to design the fillable forms is using the Wondershare PDFelement which is available for Windows and Mac OS X. This software will not only help you create and fill out PDF forms, but also provide you with free form templates.

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PDFelements isn't only a PDF form designing tool, it is much more than that. You can also create new PDF files, edit the previous PDF files in any possible way. It will also allow you to convert PDF files to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, Image etc. One of the best features is the OCR plugin which will allow you to edit scanned PDF.

Part 2The Steps for Designing a PDF Form

Step 1. Create PDF Form

Once you have installed PDFelement, launch it and then click on "Create PDF" and select the PDF file that you have downloaded earlier. You can also select a blank page and make your own form. All you have to do is click on "File" and select "New > Blank".

Once you created the blank document or loaded the PDF form, click on the "Forms" tab. The top bar will show the list of all the tools that you can be used to design a PDF form such as add text field, check button, radio button, combo button, list box, button and digital signature. Choose an option and simply draw it in the form.

Step 2. Edit PDF Form

In order to edit the PDF forms, you can click the "Edit Form" button under the "Forms" tab. Then double click on the item that you want to modify. You can also adjust the size and alignment of these boxes and everything.

Step 3. Fill out PDF Form

Once you have edited the form, close the form editing and click on the box that you want to fill. These boxes may be the check lists or text or an option to add the objects. Whenever you will click on a box, a relevant option will be revealed to fill that form.