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Easiest Way to Recognize PDF Form Fields

Margarete Cotty

2024-04-18 11:56:27 • Filed to: Fill PDF Forms • Proven solutions

When you have a PDF form that you cannot select text fields, then that kind of file is known to be a non-interactive PDF form. For such a PDF form, you need to recognize it so that you can make the fields interactive, which will enable you to highlight text fields, copy texts, and filed them out easily. Therefore, this article shows you how to make PDF form recognition with Wondershare PDFelement - PDF Editor.

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3 Steps to Make PDF Form Recognition with PDFelement

The steps below guide you on how you can recognize PDF form fields.

Step 1. Open a PDF Form

Begin by uploading the PDF form file to PDFelement. Click on "Open files" on the Home Window, and you will be able to upload the desired PDF form. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the PDF form; it will be uploaded to the program.

Step 2. PDF form recognition

When the PDF form has been uploaded to the program, go to the toolbar and click on "Form," and then click on the "More" > "Recognize Form" option in the drop-down menu. A pop-up will appear that says "The operation cannot be undone. Do you want to continue?" Click on the "Yes" button. The program will automatically begin to recognize the form of field texts. The fields will be highlighted once the process is over.

Go to the top right and click on the "Edit" icon. From there, you can just hover the cursor over any text field and fill it out.

Step 3. Save PDF form

After recognizing and filling out form fields on your PDF form, remember to save it to make the changes permanent. Click on "Command + S," or if you want to rename it, click on the "File > Save As" button to save the changes. Erkennen von PDF-Formularfeldern

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