interactive pdf with form fields

[EpicCleric]

I have a dream, a dream that some day soon Affinity will create something amazing, something like the old software "LiveCycle Designer" but so much better.

I have a hope that will come with Update 3 or sooner. Heck it might even be a separate package that will do everything we need to escape the Adobe Acrobat Pro (etc.) Prison we are all so tired of being trapped in.

[GregTh]

As so many things these days are fully digital, interactive forms are a must these days to have.
Affinity, please consider this option, I think many designers are in need for this option.
Please make it a priority implementation.

[Joran2]

+1 for me... 

[elk]

When I design an interactive form I do it in Affinity Designer or Publisher and then add the fields in Acrobat Pro. When it comes to revisions it is easy to import the changed PDF into the older one – single pages or full document – and then fix some differences. This unfortunately requires Acrobat Pro which is rather costly – but it’s a tool I always need for preprint control.

[GregTh]

1 hour ago, elk said:

When I design an interactive form I do it in Affinity Designer or Publisher and then add the fields in Acrobat Pro. When it comes to revisions it is easy to import the changed PDF into the older one – single pages or full document – and then fix some differences. This unfortunately requires Acrobat Pro which is rather costly – but it’s a tool I always need for preprint control.

Yes that's an option.
However, I opted to close the 'Chapter Adobe Software'. Its why I went to Affinity suite in the first place.
Its pretty unfortunate that we have to go through many of such sidesteps to make such interactive forms.

To get rid of these extra steps it would be really nice if Serif could implement such feature in Affinity Publisher.
I think this is a long open request that's still due to be implemented, hope to see this request moving up the priority list.

[avaruusporo]

+1 from me, totally need this feature

[JuanCDC]

Yes please, a must rather than a "would be nice"

[Zwixx]

Yes, please. Interactive form fields are a must have.

[wolfschmidt]

I can't believe that this is still missing in 2024. HELLOOOOOO! We live in digital times! Interactive form fields, check boxes etc. is a MUST HAVE for affinity publisher!

[Debbie tech VA]

Yes please, very much needed feature!

[Giblee Gourmet]

I'm on Publisher 2.5.3, still no PDF Forms?

+1 for me too.

[JF777]

+1

This is direly needed

[LarryOB]

Hi I think I originally wanted or would like an affinity serif add on product to do the same stuff as Adobe acrobat. But it could also just be an upgrade to Affintiy publisher, when I import a pdf document for editing.

The tool I like to havebis to make fillable forms. I am sure adobe has a tool, but there are online tools, open office, but to now the best tool I tried is Scribus.

I would like to import a PDF for editing, and make formspaces, where you in a pdf can fill in words and/or numbers.

What you really need to think about is when the pdf with the forms are exported, is that the size of the characters and the type font is chosen. In online tools this works really bad, and it isnt easy to control in Scribus either.

If you need to fill out a pdf form the characters need to be about an exact size and the characters the font should be pleasant and readable, so if this can be a choise that is easy to do in the tool in publisher it would be great.

This is really a tool I would like to come into affinity publisher or if you plan to make an Affintiy editor product.

I really need an affinty editor product for Ipad, since apple didnt provide ipad pros with preview. And windows cannot get apples preview either…

Hope you find my suggestion interesting.

[MAUSSION]

I would also like to be able to create a fillable form in Affinity Publisher as you can do in InDesign. And also be able to create table headers and footers as in InDesign.