Nitro Pro’s PDF forms enable you to easily and efficiently gather information from others, while eliminating manual re-keying of data and paper waste associated with traditional, paper-based processes. Easy-to-use tools simplify the process of creating and editing your own high-quality forms, as well as filling in forms created by others.
With Nitro PDF Pro, it only takes a few moments to convert static PDF files into professional, interactive forms that can be used to capture data from virtually anyone. Easy-to-use tools enable you to quickly insert common field types such as text fields, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons and list boxes, while a customizable grid assists you in laying out form fields and other objects faster and more precisely. You can also easily make changes to all of the fields in your document in a single task, saving time when major updates are required.
For more advanced PDF forms, you can quickly and easily add logic to your fields to perform tasks such as automatically calculating field values or validating text entries, saving time and assisting users while reducing manual processing. You can also use Nitro Pro to add further intelligence to your documents via JavaScript, to support automated forms handling, Web and database communication, commenting and other advanced capabilities.
By using PDF forms to gather and store information, you can streamline data collection processes, while improving data confidentiality and integrity, using security options inherent to the PDF format. Nitro Pro allows you to encrypt your PDF documents, enabling you to restrict unauthorized users from viewing, printing, copying or otherwise editing confidential information, ensuring your sensitive data stays private. And with support for digital signatures and digital certificates, Nitro Pro helps you guarantee the authenticity and integrity of electronically signed documents, eliminating the need for paper-based, wet-signature forms.
Nitro Pro includes a unique tool that lets you save your form field appearance settings. For example, if you regularly use several different styles of push buttons (with the same colors, styles, borders, etc.), you can add these to the Appearance Gallery and reuse them in future PDF forms. (See the Reusing form field appearance settings topic for more info.)
Button field Buttons are used for hyperlinking and invoking actions. You might create a button to clear data in a form, or to submit form data to a web address or email account.
Check Box field The attributes for Check Box and Radio Buttons are almost identical. Check Boxes are used for checking a number of different options such as a grocery list where the user checks all the items to be purchased at the grocery store.
Radio Button field Radio Buttons can be used like Check Boxes, but the intent for this field type is for either/or conditions. For example, you might use radio buttons to identify a credit card type where only one response is acceptable. As one button is marked, the remaining buttons assigned for a response to the same question are turned off. All the behavior and conditions assigned to check boxes and radio buttons are identical. The distinction between the two form field types is the appearance.
Combo Box field Combo Boxes and List Boxes are used when you want to create menus and offer respondents options for selecting choices from a list. The Combo Box uses a down pointing arrow to open the list.
List Box field List Boxes are scrollable lists. With Combo Boxes you are limited to assigning a single response from menu options. List Boxes enable you to assign multiple responses to the menu items.
Text field Text fields are used for respondents to type text in the field box. Text can be either alpha or numeric values.
Signature field Signature fields where recipients apply their digital signatures.
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