2 Replies Latest reply: Dec 3, 2014 11:13 AM by TexGirl-2014 RSS

    Can indd be used to make tablet forms

    TexGirl-2014 Community Member

      Can indd be used to create fillable forms for use with tablets?

      Currently I use indd to create forms/applications and then save them as a pdf.

      Using Acrobat Pro X, I make the forms/apps able to be filled out.

      The end-users for these documents need to be able to add descriptions, which can vary in size.

      All I can do now is just supply extra pages, but this leaves a lot of blank space if they don’t fill it.

      I have used LiveCycle, but am neither happy with the results, or proficient with how to use it.

      I need forms that look like all the other forms the company is using.

      Can anyone help me with this problem?

        • 1. Re: Can indd be used to make tablet forms
          Mylenium CommunityMVP

          Well, if you insist on everything looking the same you can give up at this point. That's simply not how tablets work and from the default PDF viewers not supporting forms to apps requiring specific security privileges there are good reasons. that and of course it's actually quite impractical trying to fill in a Letter sized form on an iPad mini or whatever. You realyl need to adapt your thinking here. Using web forms/ LifeCycle/ FormsCentral is way to go.

           

          Mylenium

          • 2. Re: Can indd be used to make tablet forms
            TexGirl-2014 Community Member

            What I really need to know is can indd do the job. The end users at present are using the letter size forms, and because of other restrictions within our system, these forms will need to remain a letter size. Also, these forms are for internal use only, within our business, and will never be used on a mini tablet. When I was at the Print Expo, someone said indd could do it. I just want to know how. There has to be other ways to create forms for tablets besides LiveCycle. I took the LiveCycle training, and it is hardly supported by Adobe. What other options are out there?