There are two commands for form field recognition in PDF forms: Designer Assistant and Run Form Field Recognition. 

Foxit PDF Editor supports the generation of 2D barcodes for the forms integrated with Ultraforms technology, making the form data easily scanned, captured and incorporated into a database. Steps are as follows: 

To export form data from multiple PDF forms to a CSV file, please do as following:

1. Choose Form > Form to sheet > Combine Forms to a Sheet.

To import and export form data is similar to the way of importing and exporting comment data. However, this function is only for PDF interactive forms. All the options for importing and exporting form data will be unavailable when you open other ordinary PDFs or non-interactive forms. 

Tip: You can import PDF form data from FDF, XFDF, TXT, XML, or CSV files, or export form data to a FDF, XFDF, TXT, XML, or CSV files. 

Import form data

You can comment on PDF forms, just like any other PDF. You can add comments only when the form creator has extended these rights to the users.

See also “Comment”.

You can use the tools in the Fill & Sign context tab to add text and symbols in non-interactive PDF forms. To fill in non-interactive forms, follow the steps below. 

If a PDF form contains interactive form fields, you can fill in the form with the Hand command. When you place the pointer over an interactive form field, the pointer icon changes to one of the following:

The document message box will not appear. This kind of form acts like an ordinary PDF document that has plain text and you will need to use the tools in the Fill & Sign context tab to fill in this form. For more information, please refer to “Filling Non-interactive Forms”. 

For interactive forms, you will see a message box appear in the top-right corner of the application window. The message box informs you that this document is a fillable form. Click  to collapse the notification message. If you do not want to see the notification message again when reopening this file, check Don’t show again option in the notification message.

Alfresco is a popular ECM (Enterprise Content Management) platform, providing robust document management capabilities. Foxit PDF Editor users can seamlessly connect to their Alfresco accounts to open, edit and save PDF documents.