Preserving the look and feel of the original paper form may be required for statutory reasons or it may be required to reduce user resistance to change and lower training requirements. Likewise the ability to print the form, looking like the original paper form. Reduce costs of distributing forms. Save all the traditional print and distribution costs associated with paper forms. Comprehensive validations, calculations and help as form is filled, even spell checking, thesaurus and bar code support.
Data is keyed onto the form by the originator.
Offline form filling. System developed especially for e-forms. Intelligent electronic forms are published. They can be filled on screen, with error checking and help messages to improve accuracy then printed, eliminating illegible handwriting. Benefits include reduced form distribution costs, lower error rates, easy to use e-forms and legible printed filled forms.