How to fill in a PDF printable on iPhone or iPad

Save the PDF to your device

1. Download the file in Safari (from your Etsy Purchases page or your Gumroad receipt). Tap the download, then Save to Files, or find it in Files › Downloads.
2. If it came as a ZIP file, tap it in Files to open it, then open the folder that appears.
3. Make a copy before you start (touch and hold the file, then Duplicate), so you keep a blank original for next time.

Free: fill it in with Preview

1. Open the Preview app and choose the PDF (or open it from Files and choose to open it in Preview).
2. Tap the form-filling button in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. On iPhone, Apple calls it Form Filling; on iPad, Form Fill.
3. Tap a field and type. AutoFill can suggest your name, address or phone number above the keyboard.
4. To add a signature or a text box where the PDF has no field, tap the Add button.
5. When you're done, go back to your files. Preview saves the changes in the PDF.

Free: fill it in with Adobe Acrobat Reader

1. Install Adobe Acrobat Reader from the App Store (free; you can skip the paid extras).
2. Open the PDF in Acrobat Reader from the Files app, or with Share › Acrobat.
3. Tap a field and type. Check boxes and drop-down lists work as they do on a computer.
4. Save, then share or print from Acrobat.

Print or send the filled-in copy

1. To print, tap Share › Print and choose an AirPrint printer. Set the paper to US Letter and the scale to 100% if your printer offers it.
2. To print somewhere else, share the filled PDF to yourself by email, or save it to iCloud Drive and print it from a computer.
3. To use it again blank, open your untouched copy.

Tips

• Fields look blue or highlighted in a fillable PDF. If nothing is highlighted, that page has no fields; tap Add to place a text box instead.
• Type a short test in one field and zoom out to check it fits before filling the whole page.
• Fonts in form fields are set by the PDF, so names keep the style the designer chose.

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