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Export and import PDF form data

The answers are the asset; the PDF is the container. Read a form's values out as FDF or CSV, edit them anywhere, and put them back — after a review that says exactly which values will land and which will not.

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

How do I export the answers from a filled PDF form?
Open the form and export its data as FDF or CSV. FDF is the interchange format Acrobat and other form tools read, so the answers can be carried into another copy of the form — this year's revision, or a fresh blank. CSV is the one you can open and edit yourself, with one row per field showing its name, its type, its current value and, for dropdowns and radio groups, the options it will accept.
Can I fill a PDF form from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Point the tool at a CSV and it matches the columns to the form's field names. It takes both shapes: the long Field/Value sheet it exports, and a one-row wide sheet with the field names across the top. If you have many rows and want one document per row, that is Mail Merge — this tool fills one form.
What happens if the field names do not match?
You are told before anything is written. The review list names every incoming value and says what will happen to it: which land, which are adjusted — a spreadsheet's “Yes” becoming a ticked box, or “north carolina” matched to the “North Carolina” the dropdown actually offers — which name no field on this form, and which the form will refuse outright. An import that silently drops eleven of sixty values looks exactly like one that worked, which is why the list comes first.
Can it add form fields to a PDF that has none?
No — this tool moves data in and out of fields that already exist. Creating fields on a flat document is a different job and belongs to Sign & Fill, which can detect where fields should go and place them. Once the fields are there, the data can be exported and re-imported here as often as you like.
Does Form Data upload my PDF to a server?
No. The file is opened, processed and saved back by code running in this browser tab — there is no upload endpoint on our servers to send it to. You can watch the Network panel in your browser's developer tools while you work and confirm nothing carrying the document leaves the page.
Is Form Data free?
Form Data is free, with no account required and no page or file-size caps imposed by the plan.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the page has loaded, every tool keeps working with the network disconnected, because the processing never depended on a server round-trip. AI features that use an on-device model need one download the first time; after that they run offline too.

Form Data runs in your browser. Try it now.

No account, no upload, no watermark on the way out. Open a file and see for yourself — the network panel is right there if you want to check.