Filling out PDF forms shouldn’t be complicated. Turn your PDF forms into powerful online forms that are easy to fill out from any device with Jotform Smart PDF Forms — and give your users a seamless online form-filling experience.
Tired of waiting for users to print, fill out, scan, and send your PDF forms manually? Turn your PDF forms into mobile-friendly online forms without any coding to get submissions instantly.
1UPLOAD your PDF form
2CONVERT to HTML web form
3COLLECT responses from others
4MANAGE all responses in one place
5KEEP your original PDF layout
Increase conversion rates with advanced form features that simplify your form design, like conditional logic.
Embed your online form in your website, or send the form link directly to the people you work with.
Provide an easier form-filling experience with mobile-friendly forms that work seamlessly on any computer, smartphone, or tablet.
Collect PDF responses with all the advanced features of online forms
| Empty Table Header Row | Traditional PDF Forms | Jotform Smart PDF Forms |
|---|---|---|
| BUSINESS AUTOMATION BENEFITS | ||
| Retain original PDF layout | Yes | Yes |
| Download data as Excel and CSV | No | Yes |
| Search and filter responses | No | Yes |
| Send PDFs as emails automatically | No | Yes |
| Send PDF to other services | ||
See for yourself how easy it is to turn your PDF form into a professional online form without altering the original PDF’s layout.
“ The Smart PDF Forms feature is unlike anything I’ve ever seen on any other form builder. It allows my business to convert a collection of confusing boxes into a user-friendly text box form for my clients. The information goes directly into the PDF and once completed a copy goes to our clients and another to us. The unique form link is also something we find very useful. It allows up to have customers access our form directly from our website. I couldn’t be happier with Jotform and it can only get better. ”
“ Jotform has been a game-changer for us. We utilize Jotform for a myriad of different forms for different divisions of our company where multiple paper forms are condensed into one Jotform. Before in a paper form system, the user would have to enter their information separately on each form, we have streamlined all of those entries and signatures down to a handful of required fields and it fills in each form accordingly. ”
“ Jotform offers capabilities that are not available on other platforms at a price that is fair for nonprofits and smaller operations. Jotform is an indispensable service at our organization offering features that no other services can. ”
Turn your PDFs into powerful web forms
An interactive PDF form allows users to interact with the form, including viewing videos and GIFs and completing form fields.
To make smart PDF forms, log into your Jotform account and go to the My Forms page. Click the Create Form button and then Import Form. Upload the form you’d like to convert into a smart PDF. You’ll then be taken into the Smart PDF Forms builder where you can adjust or add anything to your PDF.
To edit your smart PDF form, simply click on the PDF form you’d like to adjust and click the Edit button.
Jotform Smart PDF Forms is a tool that converts your existing PDF forms into easy-to-fill online forms.
To turn your PDF into a fillable online form, open My Forms and click the Create Form button on the top left. Select Import Form and then Import PDF Form to upload your PDF.
Jotform Smart PDF Forms is available on every Jotform plan. Whether you use our full-featured free plan or upgrade your account for additional storage or HIPAA compliance, you’ll be able to turn PDF forms into online forms with ease.
After you’ve successfully uploaded your PDF, Jotform Smart PDF Forms will take you to the Build step, where you can see the original PDF form and new online form side by side. In the Build step, you can make adjustments to both your online form and your PDF form. Connect fields between the two formats, add new fields to your online form, or delete problematic fields to make sure your forms match.
When uploading your PDF form, some fields on your PDF may not be detected by Jotform Smart PDF Forms. But don’t worry — it’s easy to manually adjust field connections. When you add a new field to your online form, you’ll automatically have the option to add a corresponding field to the PDF, which will be connected to your online form by default. You can add these fields from the Form Elements menu, just as you would with other online forms.
Jotform Smart PDF Forms allows you to add, move, resize, and delete PDF fields. You cannot, however, edit the text or images on the PDF.
Jotform’s online forms aren’t designed to look like PDF forms, which is why your online form may not look exactly like your original PDF form after the conversion. But by connecting the online form fields to your PDF form fields, you can automatically view form submissions in your original PDF — creating a seamless way to transfer data between the two formats.
If you would like to disable the PDF view and only see the online form, you can turn off the PDF connection. Simply click on PDF Connection Settings in the top right corner of your PDF, then click on the Settings option to turn off your PDF connection.
Once you receive form submissions, you’ll have the option to save them as PDFs in the layout of your original PDF form. You can then send these PDFs as email attachments either manually or automatically via notifications and autoresponders. To set these up, click the Settings tab at the top of the page and select the Emails option.
Jotform does not allow you to update your original PDF document, so you can only make edits using other editing tools such as Adobe Acrobat Pro. However, you can replace your PDF form without affecting its online form. To replace your PDF, click the Upload button at the top left and select the Update PDF option.
