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| Dominic Lachance |
| Dominic Lachance
is the Co-Founder and Vice-President of Documedia
a company specialized in the integration of technology and businesss
process as well as the training relative to the use of these new
technologies.
He
has taken part in the development of numerous projects for different
corporations and goverment ministries. He has also trained hundreds
of people in the use of new technologies for the web, print and
digital video industry.
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What
is a PDF form?
Most people are aware of PDF files, but did you know that you can
also turn a PDF file into a form that can be filled-in online? A
PDF form could work the same way as any form that you may have filled-in
on the web - just click, type in your info into the fields, and
submit.
Why
use a PDF Form?
Anyone who has experienced designing a form in HTML knows that it
can be a challenge. Creating the layout can be time-consuming and
it will never look exactly like the printed version. PDF forms have
all of the functionality of an HTML form, such as submitting data
to a database or populating a PDF form from a database. In addition,
PDF
forms have the following advantages:
- can
be created using any page layout software from Microsoft Word
to Adobe Illustrator, then convert to PDF.
- can
be made to look exactly like the printed version of the form,
therefore making them more appealing to clients who may be reluctant
to fill-in an online form.
- can
be created using existing scanned paper forms.
- are
easily printable.
- are
easily updated.
- allow
data to be processed using any web programming language such ASP
or CFML.
- can
be filled-in using the free Acrobat Reader software.
Where
can I see an example of a PDF Form?
We are often asked this question. So we decided to put an example
on our web site (http://www.documedia.ca/clientside/incidentreport /masterdetail.asp) for you to try out. click here to try a PDF Form
(requires Acrobat Reader 5.0).
Just
fill-in the form and submit the data! The form was created in MS
Word, converted to PDF using PDFMaker (comes with Acrobat 5.0),
the form fields were created using Acrobat 5.0, and the web programming
was done in ASP. |
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