Bravo Kevin! A bit of history...25 years ago I was the product manager for a software company that was partly funded by Adobe. The company had an add-on for Acrobat that created a layer that would put fillable form fields into PDF documents. The technology was ahead of its time. When Adobe caught wind of how good it was, they decided to make form fields integrated into their Acrobat product. Overnight it put me out of a job. The company folded. Adobe got the technology, and the rest is history. So, I feel great about Libre Office thumbing their nose at giants like Microsoft and Adobe by giving away the functionality that those giants sell. And, you said it right that the price Adobe charges is exorbitant. If it was a more reasonable cost, I might go with genuine Adobe products. But, thanks for showing us this alternative. Libre has some bugs, but, it is still very functional.
Was this, by chance, LiveCycle Designer? I LOVED, loved, loved, LC. Then Adobe said, "we can do it better" and things went to shit. I sit here now, struggling to finish one form I've been working on for days. I'm getting gray hair waiting for this thing to move half-cm!!
Interesting comment. A question please. Can you upload pdf into libreoffice and add pdf fillable forms directly? Or must you pass through a document before downloading as pdf?
Kelvin, I know I have said this before, but just wish to repeat that u are God-sent.....an absolute great content creator..... simply unmatchable.. please keep up the good work!
Thank you, Kevin. I used Libre Office several time when I had Linux on one my old laptops years ago. The two things that I learned from this video, which I didn't know before, are: 1) Libre is available for Windows as well 2) Libre can make fillable PDF documents THANK YOU. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
DEAR LORD THANK YOU!, Ive been trying for a so long to find a program that will allow me to make custom character sheets for my homebrew table top RPG games. I needed this so that I can send them to people and we can play the game online. absolute life saver
That was great! Anyone who works in an office as clerk, where they do forms the old fashion way, and watched this got one possible path to a gold star.
THANK YOUU! I run a sorority and with the pandemic, turning in PDF forms strictly online for the other girls who may not have the same resources to edit things online on their devices has been HECTIC!!! This is truly truly what I needed!
thank you. I find your videos very easy to follow. And it's cool to hear that almost robotic/mechanical sound of your voice. It actually keeps me interested in everything you have to say.
Thank you very much, Kevin! I've been asked to turn our forms into fillable PDF since I started working and I'm so glad I watched your tutorial You are a life saver!!!! More power!
Thank you for your great video. I really appreciate that you talk so fluent and clear that me and others with different languages can completely understand. Nice job💛
I have been looking for a video that explained in a straightforward way, exactly how to do this in Libre Office and this tells me everything I needed to know to get moving with it. Thank you for posting this!
this is exceptional. I have to create a consultation form for physical therapy and I was researching the different options. This is will save me a lot of money in monthly rental fees for clinical note-keeping software!!!
Hi Kevin! Just wanted to thank you for your tutorial. I have been searching online for an 8.5 x 11 editable recipe template and could not find one that I liked. So, I thought to myself... how hard could it be to create my own? I searched how to create a fillable form and found your tutorial!!! Whoo Hoo! I just finished the video and am creating my template now! You are THE BEST!!! Thanks again from Valerie B. in California!!!
This video is super handy! It helped me create a fillable agenda for meetings. However, I have come across that sometimes, when the document is emailed, and opened and downloaded by the recipient, the recipient cannot edit the form. It like converts to a straight PDF. In comparing to one that is editable to one that is not, I noticed that the document properties changed from "Writer" to "PDFium." The PDFium format is not editable at all. If you Kevin, or some knows of a way around this it would be much appreciated. Super helpful video! And thanks again.
Congratulations.. The first TOA I ready fully and they were incredibly clear. Fun! The sense of humor and completeness works for my extreme level of OCD. 🤠
Kevin. You're the best! I could always find an answer to everything I need to do my volunteer work with a non-profit organization, and you have such a wonderful and simply way of explaining things. Thank you so much!!!
Wow! Your tutorials are amazing, I've learned so much! I used Libre Office for a long time when I couldn't afford to buy Microsoft Office and I'd forgotten I had it installed on my laptop :)
Nice to see you don't restrict yourself to Microsoft; although, as an Office 365 subscriber, I think they ought to have this ability within Microsoft Office. If they truly want to be the office 'go-to', then they should add every useful capability, whether they thought of it or not. I think you will agree that the ability to create a fillable pdf form is something that Microsoft should definitely include in their Office suite. It is something that all government department would appreciate.
Kevin, you are a fantastic teacher! I teach online courses on Coursera, and I think you may be better than me. Oh, my gosh, did I say that? Thanks for putting these fantastic explanations out here for us.
Hi Kevin, very nice job. I've actually been following you and always enjoy your delivery. But in this particular video, i have a few things to clarify. First, You didn't say anything about the filling and uploading of the form. If customers are to fill the form and submit, how/where do we find the submissions? Secondly, if i need to attach a picture to the form, what do I do or how do I go about that?
By far the best and clearest tutorial on Writer fillable forms I've seen. Thank you very much ! Please, is it possible to do another tutorial on some advanced features on this topic ? This would be great. Thanks again.
thanks for the video, and I have something to ask about, that would be very helpful for me to reply, I want to use the pdf form to get my students to answer a pdf exam, it is a library of pdfs, with a lot of fields, and needs more automation for creating fields, and for properly receiving the filled forms. how to do that? thanks for the help in advance.
Excellent video thank you. One question, what if you want more than one type of cookie 🍪 on the order form with different amounts. Could you have more than one choice to save filling in more forms for the different cookies you want.
Great learning, except I am having difficulty with creating a Signature box. When I export it finally as a PDF form, it doesn't seem to work. Can you do a video on that particular function? I will subscribe. Oh, also, not able to do the add DATE calendar option, nor the Figures feature to set to Dollar Value. I'm missing process sections. Thank you.
Yay! Haha, was waiting for this tutorial! Really helpful and beneficial for all as everyone use these in today's world in the situation of online meetings and classes. Really helpful again, Thanks: )
Hi, is there a way to add a signature on the document? You've added text and boxers but is the a way to add a space where someone can literally sign the document?
Excelent tutorial, best I've seen. Everything is clearly explained and I'm sure I'll be able to make my first form for my budding business. For a cookie company owner, you're very tech savvy, hehe.
Coincidence ! I am looking for this video from the last 2 days. you made it . thanks kevin , keep going like this ... This is very nice and interesting topic, once again thank you.
This was exactly what I needed to create property rental contract forms! One problem I'm hoping you can shed some light on - when I convert to pdf, my drop down boxes for dates and lists aren't there. Everything else, text boxes and buttons convert over fine. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Good job ! And after, when a get 300 forms from my clients, how an I import all datas in my spreadsheet ? I will surely analyse all that in some pivot tables. Do you have suggestion ?
@@KevinStratvert Yes, this would be much more useful if the data was inserted into a Base table or even in a spreadsheet. Hope to see a video on this soon!
Thanks so much for a great video! I've been looking for a while for a good, free and safe option to make a couple of fillable pdfs. Your instructions are perfection!
Bravo Kevin! A bit of history...25 years ago I was the product manager for a software company that was partly funded by Adobe. The company had an add-on for Acrobat that created a layer that would put fillable form fields into PDF documents. The technology was ahead of its time. When Adobe caught wind of how good it was, they decided to make form fields integrated into their Acrobat product. Overnight it put me out of a job. The company folded. Adobe got the technology, and the rest is history.
So, I feel great about Libre Office thumbing their nose at giants like Microsoft and Adobe by giving away the functionality that those giants sell. And, you said it right that the price Adobe charges is exorbitant. If it was a more reasonable cost, I might go with genuine Adobe products. But, thanks for showing us this alternative. Libre has some bugs, but, it is still very functional.
Do you know why the PDF was imported into excel as blank? The data in the field doesn’t appear at all.
Can you please fix the bug and destroy adobe's breadwinner?
Was this, by chance, LiveCycle Designer? I LOVED, loved, loved, LC. Then Adobe said, "we can do it better" and things went to shit. I sit here now, struggling to finish one form I've been working on for days. I'm getting gray hair waiting for this thing to move half-cm!!
@@soulcraig It was a product called "TranZform" by a company called Vertec.
Interesting comment. A question please. Can you upload pdf into libreoffice and add pdf fillable forms directly? Or must you pass through a document before downloading as pdf?
Thanks!
Kelvin, I know I have said this before, but just wish to repeat that u are God-sent.....an absolute great content creator..... simply unmatchable.. please keep up the good work!
Thank you, Kevin. I used Libre Office several time when I had Linux on one my old laptops years ago. The two things that I learned from this video, which I didn't know before, are:
1) Libre is available for Windows as well
2) Libre can make fillable PDF documents
THANK YOU.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
DEAR LORD THANK YOU!, Ive been trying for a so long to find a program that will allow me to make custom character sheets for my homebrew table top RPG games. I needed this so that I can send them to people and we can play the game online. absolute life saver
That's why I ended up here as well!
That was great! Anyone who works in an office as clerk, where they do forms the old fashion way, and watched this got one possible path to a gold star.
Best how to tutorial channel I've ever seen in the internet!!
U are Awesome
Really appreciable... learnt a lot from this guy... dedicated content creator I have found over youtube. stay blessed
When stuck and use You Tube for help, always happy to see Kevin's videos. So helpful and clear cut
THANK YOUU! I run a sorority and with the pandemic, turning in PDF forms strictly online for the other girls who may not have the same resources to edit things online on their devices has been HECTIC!!! This is truly truly what I needed!
thank you. I find your videos very easy to follow. And it's cool to hear that almost robotic/mechanical sound of your voice. It actually keeps me interested in everything you have to say.
Thank you very much, Kevin! I've been asked to turn our forms into fillable PDF since I started working and I'm so glad I watched your tutorial You are a life saver!!!! More power!
Thank you for your great video. I really appreciate that you talk so fluent and clear that me and others with different languages can completely understand.
Nice job💛
I enjoy all of Kevin‘s videos. He speaks slow enough and enunciates, which makes the listener able to understand and follow. Great job, Kevin.
I have been looking for a video that explained in a straightforward way, exactly how to do this in Libre Office and this tells me everything I needed to know to get moving with it. Thank you for posting this!
Thank you dear Kevin. I found a JOB after learning access. God bless you.
Kevin for president!
That’s great! Congrats!
May I ask what’s your job description?
@@ibrahimkhatib1554 Database making.
2 days later I will have interview.
@@mohammadrezarezaei6363 Good Luck! ❤
@@ibrahimkhatib1554 Thank you
Thank you Kevin. We just created an LLC and the info you provided will be key to our service delivery. Well done!
I’m learning so much from you. I do not have to spend hours searching like I use to do. Glad I found you.
this is exceptional. I have to create a consultation form for physical therapy and I was researching the different options. This is will save me a lot of money in monthly rental fees for clinical note-keeping software!!!
Hi Kevin! Just wanted to thank you for your tutorial. I have been searching online for an 8.5 x 11 editable recipe template and could not find one that I liked. So, I thought to myself... how hard could it be to create my own? I searched how to create a fillable form and found your tutorial!!! Whoo Hoo! I just finished the video and am creating my template now! You are THE BEST!!! Thanks again from Valerie B. in California!!!
This video is super handy! It helped me create a fillable agenda for meetings. However, I have come across that sometimes, when the document is emailed, and opened and downloaded by the recipient, the recipient cannot edit the form. It like converts to a straight PDF. In comparing to one that is editable to one that is not, I noticed that the document properties changed from "Writer" to "PDFium." The PDFium format is not editable at all. If you Kevin, or some knows of a way around this it would be much appreciated. Super helpful video! And thanks again.
Congratulations.. The first TOA I ready fully and they were incredibly clear. Fun!
The sense of humor and completeness works for my extreme level of OCD.
🤠
Oh my goodness! Almost 600k. That’s so exciting Kevin! :)
Amazing new world of pdf creation!! Wow! You have a fab way of teaching and you don’t talk too fast!! Thanks
Kevin, great video! Love the things you cover, really a great summary. And love the humor as well!
Kevin. You're the best! I could always find an answer to everything I need to do my volunteer work with a non-profit organization, and you have such a wonderful and simply way of explaining things. Thank you so much!!!
Great content Kevin.I've watched many of your videos. They are very helpful.❤️
Excellent! As a volunteer lurching into Libre, this was invaluable. Thank you!x
This was the BEST video on this platform !!!!!!
Hi Kevin. You are a genius. Any time I need to learn something new, I check your Vedios on TH-cam. Thank you for your devotion to public.
Thanks Kevin. Great job. I really wish I had the time to watch all of your videos. I'm trying. Keep up the great work.
Never expected an Libre Office Video here 😍
BEST PERSON in the WORLD
Kevin Stravert
Wow! Your tutorials are amazing, I've learned so much!
I used Libre Office for a long time when I couldn't afford to buy Microsoft Office and I'd forgotten I had it installed on my laptop :)
Loved Loved Loved - You are so easy to listen to and follow! I am a fan.
Really thanks for your time and help. Is it available to create PDF form in MS word or Google docs?
Nice to see you don't restrict yourself to Microsoft; although, as an Office 365 subscriber, I think they ought to have this ability within Microsoft Office. If they truly want to be the office 'go-to', then they should add every useful capability, whether they thought of it or not. I think you will agree that the ability to create a fillable pdf form is something that Microsoft should definitely include in their Office suite. It is something that all government department would appreciate.
You may never read this comment but thank you!!! This was super easy to follow!! I now have my own fillable PDF Form!!
0:05 - Hi Kevin! 👋
18:59 - 644th thumbs up from me! 👍
19:16 - Enjoyed it as always! ☺️ See u next time, bye and cheers!
Thank you. I had a very complicated form to create. Took me hours to do. This video really helped me. 🇿🇦😎🍰
Kevin, you are a fantastic teacher! I teach online courses on Coursera, and I think you may be better than me. Oh, my gosh, did I say that? Thanks for putting these fantastic explanations out here for us.
Wow thank you! How can I use the Signatures function to get a pdf signed on a fillable form?
Superb Kevin!! is there a possibility to add signature there?
Pigeon delivery 💀💀💀
This is why I subbed a long while back. Very useful info that doesn’t stagnate. You make excellent videos 😎🍻
Kevin , you are amazing, your tutorials are stunning. Thank you very much.
Hi Kevin, very nice job. I've actually been following you and always enjoy your delivery.
But in this particular video, i have a few things to clarify.
First, You didn't say anything about the filling and uploading of the form. If customers are to fill the form and submit, how/where do we find the submissions?
Secondly, if i need to attach a picture to the form, what do I do or how do I go about that?
Kevin honestly you're the man! Just the video I was looking for! ❤
By far the best and clearest tutorial on Writer fillable forms I've seen. Thank you very much !
Please, is it possible to do another tutorial on some advanced features on this topic ? This would be great.
Thanks again.
Great video. LibreOffice is something I been looking for long time. Thank you for showing me where to get it and how to use it.
thanks for the video, and I have something to ask about, that would be very helpful for me to reply, I want to use the pdf form to get my students to answer a pdf exam, it is a library of pdfs, with a lot of fields, and needs more automation for creating fields, and for properly receiving the filled forms. how to do that? thanks for the help in advance.
Excellent video thank you. One question, what if you want more than one type of cookie 🍪 on the order form with different amounts. Could you have more than one choice to save filling in more forms for the different cookies you want.
you have no idea how much you helped me 😭😭 thank you so muck kevin!
Now this! Another masterpiece video from Kevin! Thanks for sharing
Great learning, except I am having difficulty with creating a Signature box. When I export it finally as a PDF form, it doesn't seem to work. Can you do a video on that particular function? I will subscribe. Oh, also, not able to do the add DATE calendar option, nor the Figures feature to set to Dollar Value. I'm missing process sections. Thank you.
Yay! Haha, was waiting for this tutorial! Really helpful and beneficial for all as everyone use these in today's world in the situation of online meetings and classes. Really helpful again, Thanks: )
His tutorial are fairly simple and easy to understand...
Looove your videos Kevin - always EASY to follow. Thank you so much
Hi, is there a way to add a signature on the document? You've added text and boxers but is the a way to add a space where someone can literally sign the document?
Finding your lessons very helpful. Thank you.
A tutorial I have no use but I wanted to continue learning it because your tutorial was soo amazing ❤️
Excellent Kevin, smooth learn, Pls. Keep ON; greetings from Egypt, Cairo
Hi Kevin, I was wondering how to make a space for someone to sign, besides inserting the signature link? Thanks!
Again, you hit it out of the park Kevin! Exactly what I needed to learn. Thank you so much! 🤗
Great Video - When you export as a PDF you can still edit the data in the form.
This tutorial is very user friendly. Thank you
I live in Seatac, WA. Your content is amazing.
First nice video amazing. I loved the video. I have already used it but I didn't know to much about it
Excelent tutorial, best I've seen. Everything is clearly explained and I'm sure I'll be able to make my first form for my budding business. For a cookie company owner, you're very tech savvy, hehe.
Kevin, you are simply the best. thank you so much!!!!
Another "Like" for this video and another subscriber for your channel. Great job, as usual!
Thank you so much for this. Been seeking this for ages!
I love your tutorials! Even shared them in my work team.
Also: take a shot everytime he says "form" 😂😂😂
I love your videos Kev.... my boss is always wowed by what i am able to do with the computer thanks to you.
Excellent video! 😊 Thank you for sharing! Eagerly awaiting the new one! 😃
Coincidence !
I am looking for this video from the last 2 days.
you made it .
thanks kevin , keep going like this ...
This is very nice and interesting topic,
once again thank you.
Really cool stuff just by using open source tool to create fillable pdf. Thumbs up!
Thank you for this informative video! Stay safe and healthy!
Thanks Kev. Your tutorials are savings me some mon-nay!! You're the best-tiss!
Can this software add a signature box? Similar to adobe sign or Adobe acrobat dc??
Hey Kevin, thanks for showing us this cool alternative. Libre Office might have a few quirks, but it’s still super functional to use.
very helpful , to the point and no bullshit .. u just saved me a lot of time , effort and money
thank you sir
Hi Kevin, this is the first time I came across your video. I tried to create a fillable form and it looks just wow!
Fantastic!
With all the online training I do, your videos are all very helpful. Thank you.
This is the solution I've been looking for! Thanks so much.
Your tutorials are WONDERFUL! Thank you so much for the work that you do!
Very informative. I have learned completely how to create Fillable PDF Form.
Many thanks 😊😊
This was exactly what I needed to create property rental contract forms! One problem I'm hoping you can shed some light on - when I convert to pdf, my drop down boxes for dates and lists aren't there. Everything else, text boxes and buttons convert over fine. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Thank you Kevin! Liked & subscribed straight away!
Very good and useful tool. Thanks for sharing.
Good job ! And after, when a get 300 forms from my clients, how an I import all datas in my spreadsheet ? I will surely analyse all that in some pivot tables. Do you have suggestion ?
Video coming out soon 👍
@@KevinStratvert Yes, this would be much more useful if the data was inserted into a Base table or even in a spreadsheet. Hope to see a video on this soon!
Excellent tutorial! Was very helpful! Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant. Superb presentation. Thank you so much
all your videos are so helpful!!!! Thank you
Thanks Kevin. I like you exploring and using FREE open software.
This video is soooo helpful!! Thanks so much Kevin
Nice piece of software - like the video 👍
But how would you create an online signature box as you see on some pdf forms?
Amazing content 👏👏👏 I appreciate the tutorial 😊and the pigeon delivery 😂
Thanks so much for a great video! I've been looking for a while for a good, free and safe option to make a couple of fillable pdfs. Your instructions are perfection!
Very useful. Thank you Kevin.
Excellent. Very easy to do. Keep it up Kevin
Thank you Kevin! I LOVE your channel….