There are many approaches to creating PDF forms. If you have existing paper forms, you can convert them to PDF in various ways, depending on their current format. If you have non-interactive PDF forms, you can transform them into interactive PDF forms that can be filled in and submitted electronically through a network or Internet connection.
Using Adobe LiveCycle Designer (included with Adobe Acrobat Professional for Windows), you can also create entirely new PDF forms from blank pages or from designer-created templates.
Using a scanner, you can convert a paper form to PDF and use the Forms tools to create interactive form fields in the same page locations as on the paper form.
You can start with an existing form or you can create a new one in an authoring application, such as Word, Excel, or InDesign, and convert it to PDF. Or you can start with an existing PDF and use Acrobat to add form fields and other forms features.
In Acrobat 8, you can create a PDF from a blank page and use the new PDF Editor feature to add text. Then, you can use the Forms tools to add form fields of various types. Or, in Windows, you can create a form in LiveCycle Designer, taking advantage of its powerful collection of advanced features and tools.
Using the wizard from the Forms > Create New Form command, you can select an appropriate type of form document. Then, you personalize it by swapping out placeholder text, graphics, form fields, and properties with custom ones that you provide or define.