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Fill PDF Form Online

Fill PDF form online, free, in Arabic and English.

Fill PDF form online, without printing it. Every field in the file appears as a box you can type into, tick or choose from, and the answers are written back into the PDF. Arabic is drawn joined and from the right, which is where most tools get forms wrong.

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How to fill out a PDF form online

  1. 1

    Click “Choose a PDF file” or drag your PDF into the box.

  2. 2

    The fields in the form appear, grouped by the page they are on, already showing anything that was filled in before.

  3. 3

    Type your answers, tick the boxes and pick from the lists.

  4. 4

    Press “Save filled form”, then download your file.

How the fields appear and how the answers are written

The form’s fields are read from the file and listed in order, page by page, each under its own name: text boxes, boxes of several lines, tick boxes, radio buttons you can clear again, dropdowns, and list boxes that take more than one choice. The line under the button counts what you have answered, such as “6 of 6 answered”, so a box on a far page isn’t forgotten.

When you save, the answers go into their fields and those fields are drawn again; fields you didn’t answer keep the look their own program gave them. Answers with Arabic in them are drawn in Noto Naskh Arabic, joined and from the right, and only the characters used are embedded, so the file grows a little. A long answer shrinks to fit its box.

Example: a form made with Adobe LiveCycle

For this example we made a three-field sample supplier registration form and gave it a LiveCycle (XFA) part, the way older government forms have one: an ordinary form plus a separate description that Adobe Reader draws the fields from.

Opening it here brings a note at the top saying the form was made with LiveCycle. We filled in the company name, an email address and the number of staff, and saved. The new file has the three answers in its ordinary form and no LiveCycle part, so every reader, Adobe Reader included, shows the form with those answers.

What the LiveCycle part did by itself stops, such as adding up a total or showing extra boxes after a certain answer. If the form relies on that, fill in any calculated boxes yourself before saving.

The Fill a form tool with a three-field sample supplier form made with LiveCycle, showing the note about it and the answers typed in.
A sample LiveCycle form, filled in. The file is invented for this example.

When another tool fits better

Signature fields aren’t filled here; they are usually meant for certificate-based digital signatures, and Sign PDF places a visual one. A form with no real fields, such as a scan, shows no boxes: write on it with Add text to PDF. And to make the answers final after filling, tick “Make the answers permanent” here, or use Flatten PDF later.

When you would use it

  • Completing a job application or a bank form that arrived as a fillable PDF, and sending it back the same day.

  • Filling a government or university form in Arabic, where most tools leave the letters unjoined or the line reversed.

  • Answering a supplier questionnaire full of tick boxes and dropdown lists without printing a page.

  • Working through the same template every month, such as an expense claim or a timesheet.

What to expect

  • Only a PDF that was built with form fields can be filled in here. If a page looks like a form but no boxes appear, it has none — write the answers on it with Add text to PDF instead.

  • A scanned form is a picture, so it has no fields at all, no matter how much it looks like a form. The same answer applies: place the text yourself.

  • Answers stay editable inside the file, which is usually what an office wants. To fix them into the page so they cannot be changed in a reader, use Flatten PDF.

  • XFA forms, older government forms built with Adobe LiveCycle, can be filled here, and the page tells you when it spots one. Saving removes their separate description and keeps the ordinary form with your answers, so every reader shows them; anything the description did by itself, such as adding up totals, stops.

  • Arabic answers are written joined and from the right, including a line that mixes Arabic with English words or digits, and long answers shrink to fit their box rather than spilling out of it.

  • Updated 2 November 2026: with "Make the answers permanent", hidden form fields now stay hidden and their answers leave the file. If you used this option earlier, see Are deleted PDF pages really gone?

  • Saving any change to a digitally signed PDF makes its signature invalid in the new copy, because the signature covers the file exactly as it was signed. The tool warns you before saving, and your original keeps its signature. For what a digital signature proves, see Visual signature vs digital signature.

Frequently asked questions

Can I fill out a PDF form free, with no sign-up?

Yes. No sign-up, no daily limit, and no watermark on your file.

Is my file uploaded?

No. The form is read and written inside your browser, on your device. Your PDF and your answers are never sent to us or anyone else.

Can I fill a PDF form in Arabic?

Yes, and this is the part most tools get wrong. Arabic letters are drawn joined, the line reads from the right, and a line that mixes Arabic with digits or English keeps each piece in the order you read it. An Arabic answer is also lined up against the right-hand edge of its box unless the form asks for something else.

What kinds of field can it fill?

Text boxes, including ones that take several lines, tick boxes, radio buttons, dropdowns and list boxes. Signature fields are not filled here: use Sign PDF for those.

My PDF looks like a form but nothing appears. Why?

It has no real fields: the boxes and lines are just printed on the page. Nothing can type into those. Use Add text to PDF to write your answers on top of it, and Sign PDF to add a signature.

Can I still change the answers later?

Yes, as long as you leave “make the answers permanent” unticked. The file stays a working form, and you can open it here again to change anything.

What does “make the answers permanent” do?

It draws the answers into the page and removes the fields, so nobody can change or clear them. It is the right thing to do before sending a finished form. Keep your own copy first: it cannot be undone.

Why do my answers not show in Adobe Reader?

If you filled it in another program, it was probably made with Adobe LiveCycle: Adobe Reader draws those from a separate description of its own and ignores the ordinary form underneath. A form saved here loses that description, so Adobe Reader shows the ordinary form with your answers.

Will the answers show if I turn the form into pictures?

Here, yes: our PDF to JPG tool draws the answers along with the page. Elsewhere it depends, because until you make them permanent the answers sit in a layer of their own rather than on the page, and plenty of programs skip that layer. Making them permanent settles it everywhere.

Can the text be copied out of the finished file?

From a form that is still fillable, yes: readers copy the answer itself. Once the answers are made permanent, only the drawing is left, and copying Arabic out of a drawing can come back in the wrong order.

How do I know I answered every field?

The line under the save button counts the answered fields, such as “5 of 6 answered”. Fields are listed page by page, so go back to the page with the missing one.

Why did the file get bigger after filling it?

The answers are drawn with a font embedded in the file, so the characters used are added to it. A sample form with Arabic and English answers grew by 13.5 KB.

Why can’t I open my password-protected PDF?

Protected files are encrypted, so the form inside can’t be read. Remove the password first, then open the file again.

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