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learaviator
Aug 31, 2021Copper Contributor
creating spreadsheet to fill pdf form
I have a fillable .pdf form that is not user friendly. If you make a mistake on a line you cannot move the info down and insert a line of course. I would like to create a spreadsheet with the appropr...
learaviator
Aug 31, 2021Copper Contributor
It might not be that critical to use the exact form. The form is available in a fillable .pdf but for example, if you fill out lines 1-15 and then need to enter a line between say 10 and 11, you cannot add a line, you have to cut and paste each block of each line down one row. I can convert it to the .pdf to Excel and fill it out, but the form ends up being noticeably smaller. Might not be important, we will see. Thanks for your reply!
mathetes
Aug 31, 2021Silver Contributor
As I suggested, though, I think Word would actually be preferable anyway. The tables in Word are far more flexible...and cells can contain more text than Excel allows. And it is easy to add a line (row) to a table in Word.
- learaviatorAug 31, 2021Copper ContributorThank you for your suggestion, I will work on this tonight!!