How To Publish a Form With DocQ

Publishing forms is easy with DocQ and provides a great way to distribute employment applications, surveys & questionnaires, Human Resources forms, tax forms etc…

DocQ makes it easy to:

• Create the form
• Publish or embed the link to the form on your site
• Aggregate the responses from your users

In this example we will detail the steps to create this form:

To begin, create the template of the form in a word processing application.  Only the text is necessary - the form fields will be added later in DocQ:

Next, convert the form to PDF using a product such as deskPDF, or the DocQ OnRamp.

Note: With the DocQ OnRamp, you can simply print the document directly to DocQ.

Otherwise, login to https://DocQ.com, and upload the PDF.  Open the PDF in the DocQ Viewer:

Next, select the ‘Forms’ tab on the left side of the screen.  Click once on the form field icon to select it, and then click on the document to place it:

In this example document, we are utilizing Text Boxes, Radio Buttons, and Check Boxes:

The properties of each field can be managed from the properties menu on the right hand side of the screen:

After all the form fields have been placed, click “Publish” on the left side of the screen:

Forms to be filled out should be published in the default viewer mode, rather than magazine view mode:

Next, select the permissions options for your recipients.  They will need a minimum of Sign / Formfill permission to be able to fill out the form.

Note: If “Private Response” is selected, you will receive a unique private copy of this form for every recipient’s response.  This option requires your recipients to sign up for a free DocQ Account.  If it is not checked, your recipients will not have to sign in, and you can receive the aggregated responses in .csv or XML formats.

The form has been published!

DocQ now provides the link to access the form, so that you can link from an email, website, or blog.  Like this: “Click here to take our DocQ Survey!”

In addition, the embed code is also provided, so that you can easily add a link for your users to fill out the form in DocQ with the following button:

Your recipients can now fill out the form, and then right click and save the document to send their responses back to you:

The recipients’ form data is now available in .csv or xml formats:

A video tutorial of utilizing the DocQ OnRamp to scan a paper copy of a form to add fillable fields:

With DocQ, you no longer need to send out forms for your clients to fill out by hand.  Save time and money by eliminating paper!  Sign up today to distribute professional forms with DocQ!