Help! Automatically fill out job applications!

Unless the field names are the same, there is no easy way to do this. Adobe initially tried to standardize Personal Field Names, PFN, and field structures so one could enter some basic fields and a number of variations of the field would be created. For example, name prefix, first name, middle name, last name, and name suffix. From these fields one could compute the full name string, a string of name prefix, first name, middle initial, and last name or other combinations. From a basic form one could export a special file, FDF - Field Definition File, with the various basic fields and combinations. This FDF file could then be imported into a form and automatically complete like named fields. But not many form designers saw the benefit of this structure. I have see an implementation that allowed one to enter all the information needed and then the user could select which forms to print and the common information needed by each form was carried to each form.

So you just have to fill in each form.

Are there any extra programs I can download that would help with this? or somehow open up acrobat in explorer, and auto-suggest the fields?

You could try turning on the "Auto Complete" preference in Acrobat/Reader, but the creator could supress this option on for the form, if they are following Adobe's security suggestions.

With Acrobat Pro you can local save the forms and modify them unless the form is secured.

Thanks so much for the info, I wasted a few hours last night trying to figure it out, and probably would have wasted several more.

I was so certain there would be a simple, fast way to do it.

So, the "Form Wizard" is just for creating forms, it doesn't help fill them out in any way?

Just to make sure I'm 100% clear, there are no acrobat tools, or programs I can purchase to make filling out similar acrobat forms faster? (and I will try "auto-complete" when I get home)

And if every application has a field that says "Present Address" is there any way to quickly input my address (other than copy/paste)?

And if anyone has suggestions on how to quickly fill out acrobat job applications, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks again!

If you turn on the Acrobat's/Reader's preference for "Auto complete, from Acrobat's/Reader's menu bar "Edit => Preferences", and select the "remember numerical data", as you start to type, the auto complete choices should appear unless the form developer as programmatically set the form to not allow this.

Most of the applications are not password protected, or protected in any way, so I can modify them.

Yet, last night my "auto-fill" wasn't working, I had the numerical data box checked. Is there a way to see if the form creator 'suppressed' the option? If so, I'm sure I could change it back..

(and sorry if i'm not making much since, I just got acrobat yesterday, and know very little about it.)