Benefits of Fillable PDF Forms

When the concept of online PDF form was new, the user had to take a print out of the it, fill it up, and then fax or post it, and you could only view the form with Adobe Reader. Later came Adobe Acrobat Pro (AAP), which revolutionized the process and paved the way to transform an ordinary form into an interactive one with different field types and formatting options.

Today, almost every industry uses customized online PDF forms for varied purposes, and hence people from different walks of life happen to fill up online forms for varied reasons, say booking tickets, placing purchase orders, student applications, and so on. And, Adobe Reader lets the user to fill in the required columns and save the form locally, so no more tedious task of faxing or posting it. There are websites that require users to just fill the required fields and submit, the need for mailing is also eliminated.

Benefits of electronic fillable forms are many. As no paper is used in the entire process, it greatly contributes to the welfare of the environment. In users' perspective, e-forms require no additional installation, a web browser is all they need and are easy to fill and submit. If the user is not in a position to fill the form immediately, he/she has an option of doing it offline at their convenient time. Another great benefit of PDF forms is errors can be avoided as modifications, if any, can be done even after saving the form.

Those who use electronic fillable forms for daily business operations do enjoy various benefits. First and foremost is e-forms let them get rid of dealing with the messy handwriting. By keeping the data well organized they enable easy access, and if any change is done, uploading the new version to users' access is a breeze. As the data is extracted directly from the form, data accuracy is ensured and the repetition of work is avoided. This way productivity is also increased because no mailing/distributing of forms, collecting the data, or managing the paper forms are needed which are really time-consuming. And, they enable importing and exporting of data from/to data management system in XML and other database of users' choice. Integration with MS Access, SQL, Oracle(2), and other similar back-end databases are also feasible with e-forms. Automated calculations and e-signature support are other benefits offered by fillable PDF forms.