Make a Fillable PDF People Can Actually Finish
A fillable PDF is only successful if a normal person can open it and finish it without friction. Field order, spacing, and the final handoff matter more than people think.
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A fillable PDF is only successful if a normal person can open it and finish it without friction. Field order, spacing, and the final handoff matter more than people think.
I no longer ask whether PDF or Word is better in the abstract. I ask whether the document is still alive or whether it is time to hand off a stable version.
I converted a simple PDF and a table-heavy PDF to Word, then checked what survived, what needed cleanup, and when I would stop pretending the DOCX was final.