Fill PDF Form

How to fill a PDF form

1. Choose the PDF form (or drop it on the box). Its boxes appear as a simple form, in the order they are on the pages.
2. Fill them in: type in the text boxes, tick the boxes, choose from the lists. The page shows each answer in its box as you type; tap a box on the page to jump to it.
3. Choose how to save it: Still fillable (the answers can be changed later) or Flattened, for upload (the answers become part of the page).
4. Tap Save, then download or share the filled PDF.

Everything happens in your browser: the form and your answers are never uploaded to ap7am or anywhere else. Only the boxes you change are written; the rest of the PDF (its text, pictures and the boxes you leave) stays as it was. The file keeps your form's name, such as application-filled.pdf.

What it fills

• Text boxes: one line or several, with a limit on the letters (the count shows as you type), and boxes with one letter a box (PIN codes, account numbers).
• Tick boxes, radio buttons (one choice of several), drop-down lists and lists where several can be chosen.
• Each box is named as the form names it (its tooltip), or by the words printed beside it on the page when the form's own name says nothing (such as "Text1").
• Before saving it checks the boxes the form marks as needed (*) and the letter limits, and takes you to any that need attention. Boxes the form locks (read-only) are left as they are.
• Signature boxes are listed; sign them with Sign PDF after saving.

Still fillable or flattened?

Still fillable keeps the boxes: you, or the office, can open the PDF in any PDF app and change the answers. Flattened draws each answer onto its page and takes the boxes away, as if it were printed: it looks the same in every app and on every portal, and the answers cannot be changed by mistake. For uploading to an application portal, flattened is the safer choice.

Telugu answers

Most PDF forms are made with a font that has only English letters, so a Telugu answer cannot be written in it. This tool draws the Telugu text (correctly joined, in Noto Sans Telugu) as a picture inside its box, so it shows the same everywhere, and, when the form stays fillable, the box still holds the Telugu text itself. The page tells you which answers went in this way.

What it cannot fill

• A form with no boxes (printed, scanned or saved flat): type your answers on its pages with Edit PDF.
• A locked PDF (encrypted, with a password or only against changes): the PDF library this tool uses cannot write a locked file. Remove the lock first, or type on its pages with Edit PDF.
• An Adobe XFA form (made with Adobe LiveCycle or AEM Forms; other apps often show only "Please wait…"): its boxes are drawn by Adobe's own engine and only Adobe Acrobat Reader can fill it.
• Forms that calculate totals or check answers with their own scripts: the scripts do not run here, so check such boxes yourself.

Questions

Made with pdf-lib (MIT licence) and Mozilla's pdf.js (Apache 2.0 licence), both running in your browser. Telugu answers are drawn in Noto Sans Telugu, from Google Fonts (SIL Open Font License).