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Forms

Fill in a PDF form on the page, or make one by placing fields, finding them on a flat page, and setting what each one does.

A form is a PDF with places to type, tick and choose. Monstera fills them in, and it makes new ones.

Fill a form

  1. Open the form. There is no tool to choose: click a field on the page and type, or click a tick box or an option.
  2. Press Tab to go to the next field and Shift+Tab to go back.
  3. Or, in the rail, choose Forms, then Fields list: every field is listed by page, and you can fill each one there.
  4. Save the document to keep what you entered.

See "Fill in a form" for the details.

Make a form

  1. In the rail, choose Forms. In the Fields group, choose a kind of field, such as Text field or Tick box.
  2. Click the page to place it, or drag to give it a size. Monstera names it for you, and its properties open.
  3. You are now in Edit fields: drag a field to move it, drag a handle to resize it, and press Delete to remove it. Press Esc to go back to filling.
  4. Change a field's name, look and behaviour in its properties.
  5. A page with printed lines and boxes and no fields? Choose Detect… and Monstera suggests where the fields go.

See "Create form fields", "Change a form field" and "Find fields on a flat form" for the details.

Good to know

  • Flatten turns the form into an ordinary page, so nobody can change it any more. See "Flatten a form".
  • Undo with Ctrl+Z.

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