A form is a document with spaces (fields) in which to write or select, for a series of documents with similar contents. The documents usually have the printed parts in common, possibly except for a serial number. Advantages of forms include:

  • one has to write less (while the printing is almost universally done in some automatic way)
  • one is told or reminded what information has to be supplied
  • uniformity, for convenience in processing

A form on a computer allows for conveniently typing in the variable parts (the input data).

Forms, when completed, may be a statement, a request, an order, etc., e.g. a check may be a form. Also there are forms for taxes; filling one in is a duty to have determined how much tax one owes, and/or the form is a request for a refund. See also Tax return.

Forms may be filled out in duplicate (or triplicate, meaning three times) when the information gathered on the form needs to be distributed to several departments within an organisation. This can be done using carbon paper.

Forms have existed for a significant amount of time, with historians of law have discovered preprinted legal forms from the early 19th century that greatly simplified the task of drafting complaints and various other legal pleadings. It is believed that the form was conceived by mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage. In some jurisdictions, like California, many common types of legal pleadings must be submitted on official government forms.

Blank forms are generally not copyrightable.

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How do you attach a document to a user submitted form?
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A. there's a free script called Upload Lite (there are upgrades if you want more functionality) gives you the code to put in your source code as well as the script to make it work
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Can i recover a document in a PDF form if I already saved it?
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A. Try data recovery softwares such as Easeus Data Recovery, Tokiwa Data Recovery, PC Inspector File Recovery, and others. You can download the softwares from this site. Good luck
Answered by dan - Mon Mar 9 23:35:03 2009

I have Microsoft office 2003 and installed Open Office, i cant save a document in microsoft office in pdf form?
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A. Microsoft Office 2007 supports "save as PDF" add-in, but the former version doesn't support that. If you wanna save the doc as PDF, I found you a list, it's all about free PDF Creator, you can have a try. Hope it helps.
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