Convert PDF Forms to Interactive Web Forms

Upload any PDF form and Formtly converts it into a fully interactive, mobile-friendly web form in seconds. Every text field, checkbox, radio button, dropdown, date picker, signature area, and table is preserved with pixel-perfect accuracy.

Supported PDF Form Types

  • AcroForm — The standard PDF form format used by Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, and PDF-XChange. Fields are embedded in the PDF structure.
  • XFA (XML Forms Architecture) — Advanced forms created with Adobe LiveCycle Designer. Supports dynamic layouts, calculated fields, repeating rows, and conditional visibility.
  • Static PDFs — Non-fillable PDFs with form-like layouts. Formtly detects field positions and creates interactive inputs.

Smart Form: Go Beyond PDF Overlays

Standard PDF conversion gives you interactive fields on top of the original PDF image. Smart Form goes further — it generates a fully structured form from your PDF's content. Real headings, labeled radio groups, text fields with meaningful names, and proper page structure, delivered as clean semantic HTML.

Smart Form is ideal for questionnaires, intake forms, surveys, and any PDF where you want clean markup instead of an overlay.

How It Works

  • Step 1: Upload — Drag and drop any PDF form. We handle AcroForm, XFA, fillable and static PDFs.
  • Step 2: Convert — Our engine analyzes the PDF structure and creates an exact HTML replica with interactive fields.
  • Step 3: Download — Get the converted form as a standalone HTML bundle (HTML + CSS + JS) and host it anywhere. Conversions stay in your dashboard for re-download.

How to Make a PDF into a Form

  • Your PDF already has fields — upload it and every field becomes a working web input automatically.
  • Your PDF is flat (no clickable fields) — upload it anyway; Formtly detects field positions from the layout and creates the inputs, the same result as drawing fields in Acrobat Pro, without Acrobat.
  • Your PDF is a scan or photo — use the OCR scan-to-form converter instead.

PDF to XHTML / HTML5 Output

Looking for a PDF to XHTML converter? Formtly outputs clean, standards-compliant HTML5 — the modern successor to XHTML — with well-formed semantic markup, native inputs, and embedded CSS. It validates, works in every modern browser, and drops into any CMS or portal that expects XHTML-style markup.

Who Uses PDF to Form Conversion?

  • Healthcare — Patient intake forms, consent forms, medical history questionnaires.
  • Government — Application forms, tax documents, permit requests.
  • Legal — Contracts, audit checklists, compliance questionnaires.
  • Education — Enrollment forms, permission slips, evaluation forms.
  • HR — Onboarding documents, benefits enrollment, expense reports.

Convert your first PDF free — no sign-up required.