Create PDF Form — Add Fillable Fields to Any PDF

Turn a plain PDF into a fillable form

Open a flat PDF — a printed-style form, a scan, an application — then click its blank lines to add real fillable fields. Nothing is uploaded; the form is built in your browser.

Drop a PDF file here or click to choose from your device

Text fieldMultiline boxCheckboxRadio groupDropdownDate fieldSignature box

Field properties

Open a PDF, then click a blank line to place a field. Select any field to edit its name, label, options and defaults here.

Fields in this form

No fields yet.

How it works

1. Pick an element in the left toolbar.
2. Click the page where it belongs — a sensible size is placed for you; drag instead for a custom size.
3. Fine-tune in the properties above: names matter, because filled-in data comes back under those names.
4. Download, then test the form — recipients can fill it in any reader, or with our Fill PDF Form tool.

Auto-detect scans for printed blank lines and underscore runs and drafts fields over them (amber). Drafts are only exported once you accept them.

The preview is the document's real content, not a picture: in Select mode the text is real text (drag across it to select and copy), and clicking the page tells you what is under the cursor — a text block or an image. A label you set on a field prints above the field in the download. Fields already in a PDF are imported as fully editable fields — move, rename or delete them like your own — and a form downloaded from here carries its field layout inside the file, so reopening it here later brings every field back editable, ready to adjust and re-download. With Snap on (top bar), fields align to text baselines and printed lines as you place, move and resize them.

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Create PDF Form — Add Fillable Fields to Any PDF guide

Make a plain PDF fillable in a studio workspace: click the blank lines — or let Auto-detect find them — to add text fields, multiline boxes, checkboxes, radio groups, dropdowns, date fields and signature boxes, then download a form anyone can complete in a reader — or with our Fill PDF Form tool.

How to use this tool

Choose or drop your PDF — it opens in the studio workspace, with the element toolbar on the left and field properties on the right.
Press Auto-detect fields to draft fields over the printed blank lines and underscore runs it finds, then Accept all — or pick an element on the left and click any blank line to place it (drag instead for a custom size). Drag a field to move it, use its corner handle to resize, its ✕ to delete.
Select each field to set its name — “surname”, “date_of_birth”, “agree_terms” — label, options and defaults in the properties panel, then click Download form and test the result in a reader. Need changes later? Reopen the downloaded form here — its fields come back fully editable.

A worked example

An old paper signup sheet exists only as a flat PDF scan. In five minutes it gains named text fields for name, email and phone plus a consent checkbox — and from then on, applicants type instead of scribbling.

How it works

Fields are created through the PDF’s real form (AcroForm) machinery: every element you place becomes a genuine widget on that page — text and date fields, multiline boxes, checkboxes, radio groups with one widget per option, dropdowns carrying their option list, and signature boxes created as true /Sig signature fields that readers can sign digitally. Each carries the name you gave, a light fill and border so fillers can see it, and standard appearances so every reader renders it properly. Field names are kept unique automatically, and the required flag is set on any field you mark. The downloaded file is a standard fillable form, not a simulation. A label you set on a field is printed above the field on the page. The download also carries the form’s field layout embedded inside the file as a small project file: reopen the downloaded PDF in this tool and every field returns fully editable — move, resize, rename, restyle or delete it, then download again.

Before you rely on the result

All seven element types a fillable form needs are included: text, multiline, checkbox, radio group, dropdown, date and signature. Auto-detect is a drafting aid, not magic — on clean printed forms it finds most blank lines, but always review its amber drafts before accepting. A date field exports as a normal text field with the date format as a hint, not an enforced pattern. Field order (tab order) follows creation order, so build fields in the order a filler should meet them. If the source is a scan, fields sit over the image — position them carefully over the printed lines. Protected PDFs must be unlocked first. The editor is content-aware: the page’s real text stays text (selectable in Select mode) and genuine images are recognised as images, and fields you place snap to the printed lines and text baselines — editing the page’s own content is PDF Studio’s job. Fields already present in a PDF you open are imported as fully editable fields, so a form made anywhere can be reworked here, and several fields can be selected together (Shift+click, or drag a selection box in Select mode) and aligned or distributed from the properties panel. One limit to know: labels are printed page text — if you later move a field whose label a previous download already printed, the old printed label stays where it was (the tool never draws a second copy over it); delete the field and place it again if a printed label has to move.

Frequently asked questions

What can people do with the form I create?

Open it in any reader (or our Fill PDF Form tool) and type, tick and save — the fields behave like fields in forms made by Acrobat.

Why do field names matter?

Names are how the filled data is identified when extracted (“email”, not “field_3”). Name fields like data you would want back.

Can I add a dropdown or radio group?

Yes — both are in the element toolbar, along with text fields, multiline boxes, checkboxes, date fields and signature boxes. Radio groups and dropdowns take an editable options list (one option per line), and radio options are drawn on the page beside their buttons.

The field landed in the wrong place — fix?

Select it and drag it to move, pull its corner handle to resize, or remove it with its ✕ (or the Delete key) and click again — what you see on the page is exactly where fillers will type.

Can I edit a form I created here earlier?

Yes — open the downloaded PDF in this tool again. Forms exported from here carry their field layout inside the file, so every field comes back fully editable; forms made in other tools are imported the same way from their field structure. Adjust anything and download a fresh copy.

Is my document uploaded?

No — the form is built in your browser.