Guides: filling PDF forms from a spreadsheet
Short, practical guides for filling PDF forms from spreadsheet data. Each one covers a specific workflow, from setting up your first fillable PDF template to batch-processing hundreds of offer letters without uploading a single file.
How to fill a PDF form from Excel
You have a spreadsheet with 50 rows of data and a PDF form you need filled out for every single one. Doing them by hand takes most of a day. This guide shows you how to do all 50 in about two minutes, free, with nothing uploaded anywhere.
Read guide 02PDF mail merge: one filled form per row
Word's mail merge has been around for decades because the idea is genuinely useful: one template, one spreadsheet, one filled document per row. FillPDFfromCSV does the same thing for PDFs, privately, in your browser, for free.
Read guide 03Batch-fill offer letters from a spreadsheet
Sending offer letters one at a time, opening the template, typing the name, salary, start date, saving, repeating, is a slow process that introduces typos. Here's how to do a whole batch from your HR spreadsheet in under five minutes, with no data leaving your computer.
Read guide 04What is a fillable PDF form, and how to make one
Not every PDF with blank lines is a fillable PDF. Knowing the difference saves a lot of confusion, and knowing how to create a proper fillable PDF means you can use batch tools like FillPDFfromCSV on your own templates.
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