Create a form

You can convert an existing electronic document (for example, a Word, Excel, or PDF document) or scan a paper document to a PDF form, and then add interactive form fields to the form.

Note: When you convert a document to an Acrobat form, Acrobat detects the form fields in the document. You need to examine the document carefully to verify that Acrobat detected the correct fields.

You can create forms from an existing electronic document (for example, a Word, PDF, or Excel document) or scan a paper form into a PDF form. To create a form from scratch or from a template, you need to have Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended for Windows or Designer ES.

Choose Forms > Start Form Wizard.
Do one of the following, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
- To convert an existing electronic document (for example, Word or PDF) to a PDF form, select An Existing Electronic Document.
  
  Note: If you don’t want to use the wizard, you can open the file, and then choose Forms > Add Or Edit Fields to convert a PDF document to an Acrobat form.
- To scan a paper form and convert it to a PDF form, select A Paper Form.
- (Windows) To use Designer ES to create a form from scratch or from one of the available templates, select No Existing Form.

Note: To create an Acrobat form from scratch, first create a blank PDF by choosing File > Create PDF > From Blank Page, and then use the Start Form Wizard to convert the PDF to an Acrobat form.

For tutorials and videos on creating forms, see these resources:

Simplifying form creation: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4203_a9
Creating Acrobat forms: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?id=540
Complete forms workflow: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1495v1626
Create a fillable form in LiveCycle Designer ES: http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/creating-basic-fillable-forms-using-form-wizard