Steps to Create a Fillable Form in Word Step 1: Open Microsoft Word. Launch Microsoft Word on your computer and create a new document. Step 2: Enable the Developer Tab. Step 3: Insert Form Fields. Step 4: Customize Field Properties. Step 5: Protect the Form. Step 6: Save and Distribute.
Drag & drop the PDF you want to make fillable. In the Annotate tab, Click “Add text box”. Click where you want to insert a form field and type your placeholder text. Add an underline or box to create empty fields to fill out (see below).
Make sure that the security settings allow form filling. (See File > Properties > Security.) Make sure that the PDF includes interactive, or fillable, form fields. Sometimes form creators forget to convert their PDFs to interactive forms, or they intentionally design a form you can only fill in by hand.