Creating Interactive Electronic Forms in Adobe Acrobat
**Update 10/22/2020: Adobe has changed their licensing model, and the ability to request signatures from others using "Sign" is no longer available without purchasing a separate license. This only applies to the "Adobe Sign" section toward the end of the video.
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This video provides a 30-minute overview of how to generate a fillable form, starting from a scan of an existing document.
The sister video to this tutorial covers how to use Adobe Sign with a complete electronic document to formally request signatures for forms. That video can be found at: • Send and Track Electronic Signatures Using...
[00:35] - Topic outline and overview
[02:28] - Starting from a scanned document
[03:25] - Opening your non-PDF file in Acrobat
[05:05] - Interface and an overview of "Tools"
[06:58] - Using the "Prepare Form" tool
[08:45] - Text recognition for an existing form
[09:28] - Quirks when you edit text on a scanned document
[10:16] - Some features on the "Prepare Form" toolbar
[14:14] - Touching on check-boxes
[16:59] - A better workflow beyond the basics
[18:54] - Using "Preview" to test a work-in-progress form
[20:39] - Using the "Fields" overview, and tweaking with arrow keys
[21:49] - A brief review of how our file has changed
[22:39] - A (mostly) complete interactive form
[23:08] - A note about screen-readers and backing-up completed forms
[27:08] - Filling out forms to be signed by others
[28:21] - Different kinds of digital signatures (important!)
[31:03] - "Adobe Sign" for requesting signatures
[31:37] - Contact page for the IT Help Desk