I am trying to see if it is possible to create something similar to what I'm imagining for Adobe Acrobat files. I'll use a hypothetical example to illustrate the idea of what I would like to accomplish, but my implementation involves many more forms/fields. This is for a form that needs to be filled out, and printed for further processing in paper. Data may not be submitted to an electronic database.
Lets say I use forms for gathering data on students like a survey. Currently there are 5 different forms broken down by grade range
Pre-school - Kindergarten
1st grade - 3rd grade
4th grade - 6th grade
7th grade - 9th grade
10th grade - 12th grade
1) Let's say each form is its own PDF file right now, separated as described above.
2) All forms have common/similar elements, i.e. All will need to ask for student's name, age, parent/guardian info, school district, etc.
3) Each form also has unique sections for that group, i.e. the one for 10th-12th grade may have questions on post graduate plans or college interest. The ones for 1st-3rd grade might have questions about # of hours parents spend on academic topics/study/help with child.
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What I would like to have is one single PDF file that can be used in place of all five individual forms. That is one single PDF file to send out or save on a hard drive.
The key feature I'm imagining is having some way to effectively have an interactive form where the first page has a series of questions that will effectively build the exact form that is needed for the scenario on pages 2-onward.
So in the end it would be something like a mini form questionaire on page 1 to narrow down exactly which form fields are needed to be shown, and simply hide the fields that are not needed.
Is there a method to accomplish this for PDF? Ideally I would like to only have one PDF file to distribute that can effectively build the exact form needed by having an interactive Q/A session with the end-user. And while my preference is to have it in PDF format over an internet type form, I am open to alternative ideas. I just feel people are less likely to mess up using a pdf form.
End users range from computer illiterate to only intermediately skilled, so I am weary of using an internet based form where they may encounter technical difficulties (i.e. someone's browser has display issues, or they need ____ plug in, or they are impatient and click submit twice, or accidentally hit backspace to go backwards in the web browser and erases all the inputted data, etc).
Thanks in advance!
Lets say I use forms for gathering data on students like a survey. Currently there are 5 different forms broken down by grade range
Pre-school - Kindergarten
1st grade - 3rd grade
4th grade - 6th grade
7th grade - 9th grade
10th grade - 12th grade
1) Let's say each form is its own PDF file right now, separated as described above.
2) All forms have common/similar elements, i.e. All will need to ask for student's name, age, parent/guardian info, school district, etc.
3) Each form also has unique sections for that group, i.e. the one for 10th-12th grade may have questions on post graduate plans or college interest. The ones for 1st-3rd grade might have questions about # of hours parents spend on academic topics/study/help with child.
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What I would like to have is one single PDF file that can be used in place of all five individual forms. That is one single PDF file to send out or save on a hard drive.
The key feature I'm imagining is having some way to effectively have an interactive form where the first page has a series of questions that will effectively build the exact form that is needed for the scenario on pages 2-onward.
So in the end it would be something like a mini form questionaire on page 1 to narrow down exactly which form fields are needed to be shown, and simply hide the fields that are not needed.
Is there a method to accomplish this for PDF? Ideally I would like to only have one PDF file to distribute that can effectively build the exact form needed by having an interactive Q/A session with the end-user. And while my preference is to have it in PDF format over an internet type form, I am open to alternative ideas. I just feel people are less likely to mess up using a pdf form.
End users range from computer illiterate to only intermediately skilled, so I am weary of using an internet based form where they may encounter technical difficulties (i.e. someone's browser has display issues, or they need ____ plug in, or they are impatient and click submit twice, or accidentally hit backspace to go backwards in the web browser and erases all the inputted data, etc).
Thanks in advance!
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