PDF Expert Brings Adobe PDF Form Support to the iPad

Every time I review a PDF app for the iPad, the comment section of that post quickly fills up with comments like "yeah that's great, but what about PDF forms?" I've been a fan of the great work being done on Apps and in particular PDF apps by Readdle, Inc. and as promised they have delivered the long awaited PDF forms support. Their latest App, PDF Expert now allows you to fill in standard Adobe PDF forms right on your iPad.

Putting it to the test

To test this in a real world scenario I fired up Safari on the iPad and did a search for 1040EZ (sorry to depress you with a tax form ). I figured I would quickly find a tax form in PDF that had form fields on it and as I expected, a hit came right up. I tapped the "Open in PDF Expert" button and like magic the Form was there and most importantly Fillable! Fantastic! This latest version also supports Printing and Saving Copies of your PDF forms filled in. I did both without incident. Then I started thinking about what my workflow would be for those times when I want a PDF form on my iPad that's NOT on the web. Sure I could plug in a sync one over, but I don't want to have to bring iTunes into the mix every time or have to be on a WiFi network with my computer. Then I remembered that PDF Expert has great support for Dropbox and more importantly now you can setup a 2 way Dropbox Sync folder. I did that and again it worked like magic. I could put a form in my new folder from my laptop and tap the sync button in PDF Expert and the form was there. Fill it out on the iPad, sync it and then I can access that form anywhere I have access to Dropbox. It just works! Yes it even works with PDF forms that have built-in calculations. Hoorah!

Keep in mind that PDF Expert does more than just forms. It was initially designed to let you do a full range of PDF annotations and markup. Adding Forms support makes this a complete solution and the only one that many people will need!

If you have a need to be able to access and fill out PDF forms on your iPad, wait no longer! PDF Expert is the first and currently ONLY App that does this on the iPad!

You can get PDF Expert for $9.99 here from the

You can get 2GBs of FREE Dropbox.com space here.

http://www.thomasphotographers.com Mikhail

Yes, this is a great feature to finally come! I can now have my clients fill out there wedding contracts on my iPad! However, I did notice that when I try to “sign” a signature area it says the signature is not supported at this time Other than than, it’s perfect! I just tap and hold in another area and then move the signature to the needed area.
http://www.glyndewis.com Glyn Dewis

Exactly what I’ve been after; thanks for sharing this Terry.
Alot of Apps nowadays are integrating the Dropbox facility which to me is a winner every time.

Cheers,
Gyn
http://adobe.com Jerry Silverman

Where’s the Adobe Reader for iOS? Oh right, it would have to support Flash. Couldn’t we just… ah forget it.
- Joe Snuffy
  
  you are a moron
Rick

You can also try PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad that now supports PDF forms and annotations/highlights, this is the direct link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-reader-pro-edition-for/id364502063?mt=8

And is only $3.99
I hope this help.
Rick.
Nancy

On the IPad II we can get the form to load and fill it in but when we try to print or email it will not respond. This form works on my computer but can not get it to work on the IPAD for sending or printing ….any help would be appreciated
Titan745

Does PDF Expert support “digital” signatures?
http://www.terrywhite.com/ Terry White

Yes it supports digital signatures.
Jay

Two questions:
1) Does PDF Expert support ‘required fields’ in the PDF?
2) Can PDF Expert be used on an iPhone?
Shirl

for custom signatures that I needed from a pdf app the only one i could get which was more suitable for my needs was writepdf?

PDF Expert Brings Adobe PDF Form Support to the iPad

Putting it to the test

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