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    • Using PDF Expert
      • Getting Started with PDF Expert
      • Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
      • Text comments, shapes, and pop-up notes
      • Insert stamps to PDFs
      • Customize text and annotation colors
      • Draw on a PDF file
      • Use stickers in PDF Expert for iOS
      • View, search, and remove annotations
      • Export Annotation Summary
      • Content Selection Tool
      • Edit text in PDF files
      • Work with images in PDFs
      • Work with to-page and to-web links
      • Remove sensitive content
      • Supported forms and fields
      • Fill out PDF forms
      • Sign PDF documents
      • Enhance and adjust your scans
      • Convert scanned documents into text (OCR)
      • Scale and measure drawings
      • Polygon and polyline shapes
      • Red Line tools
      • Convert images, MS Office and iWork files to PDF
      • Export PDFs to other formats on Mac
      • Convert PDFs to images, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text files on iOS
      • Reading mode
      • Select your way to scroll pages
      • Enable the two-page view
      • Zooming modes in PDF Expert
      • Jump to a specific page
      • Bookmark pages
      • Create a table of contents in a PDF file
      • Turn on the Night or Sepia theme
      • Read PDF text out loud
      • Keep your device awake while reading
      • View two PDFs side by side
      • Add page numbers, bates numbers, and text
      • Use Smart Search
      • AI Chat with PDF
      • Page number indicator
      • Create a new PDF file
      • Add, delete, and rearrange PDF pages
      • Rename files and folders
      • Recents and Favorites
      • Sort files and folders by name, date, and size
      • Password protect PDFs
      • Save the file as flatten
      • Reduce the PDF file size
      • Merge PDFs
      • Manage annotated pages
      • Move files and folders
      • Switch between the Grid and List views
      • Mark files and folders with color tags
      • Open a file in PDF Expert
      • Organize your files with Inbox
      • Page Resize
      • Access your device files via the Files app folder
      • Sync your PDF files through web clouds
      • Sync a folder from cloud storage
      • Connect to Mac or PC via SMB
      • Set up sync with Mac via SFTP
      • Time Capsule setup
      • Share files via the Share button
      • Transfer files between iOS device and desktop using Wi-Fi
      • Transfer files from Safari to PDF Expert for iOS
      • Transfer files between iPad and iPhone using WebDAV
      • Share text with other apps
      • Share files from cloud via a link
      • Transfer files between PDF Expert and your Mac using a USB cable
      • PDF Expert Widgets
      • Turn on the Dark Mode
      • Work with tabs on your iPad
      • Customize the toolbar in PDF Expert for iOS
      • Create your own toolset in PDF Expert for iOS
      • Make PDF Expert your default PDF viewer on Mac
      • Open email attachments in PDF Expert
      • Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Make presentations with PDF Expert and FaceTime
      • Full Screen Mode on Mac
      • Getting Started with Tools tab on Mac
      • Presentation Mode
      • Improve your workflow with Sidecar and Camera Continuity
      • Change the app's language on iOS
      • Convert PDF to black and white on Mac
      • Supported Scripting in AcroForms (Adobe Acrobat forms)
      • Supported Scripting in XFA (LiveCycle Designer forms)
      • URL schemes
    • Troubleshooting
      • PDF Expert quits or doesn't open
      • PDF Expert freezes
      • All files in the app look blank
      • Annotation tools do not work
      • Printing issues on Mac
      • Corrupted files
      • Sync issues
      • Restore accidentally deleted files
      • File cannot be opened
      • Annotations made in PDF Expert are not displayed correctly in a third-party app on iOS
      • File loads slowly
      • Garbled text
      • AI Chat with PDF issues
      • Connection issues on iOS
      • iCloud files don't stay downloaded
    • Billing & Subscription
      • How to get PDF Expert
      • Set up an account for cross-platform app usage
      • How to get PDF Expert Premium
      • Check and manage your subscription
      • How to cancel the free trial
      • The PDF Expert License FAQ
      • The “trial expired” message appears after a purchase
      • Is PDF Expert available on Windows?
      • The PDF Expert Billing FAQ
      • The difference between PDF Expert 2 and PDF Expert 3
    • Contact us

    Fill out PDF forms

    PDF Expert lets you easily fill out invoices, application forms, and tax forms.

    Jump to:
    • How to fill out interactive PDF forms
    • How to fill out a non-interactive PDF form
    • How to clear a PDF form from all data
    • Video Tutorial

    How to fill out interactive PDF forms

    Mac iOS
    1. Open a form in PDF Expert.
    2. Click an active field or checkbox.
    3. Type the text or select a value.

    Note: If you don’t want PDF Expert to highlight active form fields, open PDF Expert Settings > General and disable the Highlight form fields toggle.

    PDF Expert supports AcroForms created in Adobe Acrobat or other similar apps and Static XFA forms created in Adobe LiveCycle. 

    1. Open a form in PDF Expert.
    2. Tap an active field or checkbox.
    3. Type the text or select a value.

    Note: If you don’t want PDF Expert to highlight active form fields, open Settings > Page Viewer and disable the Highlight form fields toggle.

    PDF Expert supports AcroForms created in Adobe Acrobat or other similar apps and Static XFA forms created in Adobe LiveCycle.

    How to fill out a non-interactive PDF form

    Mac iOS

    If the form does not contain interactive form fields (the form is flat), you can fill it in using the Text tool to add text and the Signature tool to add signatures on the form.

    If a form has no active fields, you still can fill it out in PDF Expert:

    1. Open a form.
    2. On the top toolbar, select Fill & Sign.
    3. Select Text and tap where you want to add text.
    4. Type your text.
    5. To mark a checkbox, select
      Checkmark
      or Crossand tap where you want to insert it.
    6. To fill out the date field, select Dateand tap where you want to place it.
    7. To change the date format as well as font and text color, tap the date and select Properties.

     

    How to clear a PDF form from all data

    Mac iOS
    1. Open the needed form.
    2. Click Edit at the top of you screen. 
    3. Select Clear Form.

    Watch video tutorial

    1. Open the needed form.
    2. Tap … at the top right of the screen.
    3. Select Clear Form.
    4. Tap Yes in a pop-up window.

    To clear a particular form field, tap it and select Clear Field on the keyboard.

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