Users design a form on a PC which then has the look and feel of a paper form. Electronic forms are playing a very important part in front-end data capture. Users are able to fill in the form, route the form to others through e-mail or workflow, have those users electronically sign the document if needed and then store the form at the end of the process. Since data is being captured on the front-end, the data can be moved into other applications in the organization. Internal forms are created electronically, document images are attached for paper that is generated from the outside world and scanned.
Workflow software is used to route the forms for approval.
Table of contents Forms Processing Software Forms Processing software uses character recognition technology to extract data from fields on a form. In this way, manual key entry is greatly reduced. Forms processing software may be used to read check boxes, bubble boxes, machine print or hand print. In some cases, images of the form are also needed. For example, in the customer service department of a health claim processor, claim forms are scanned and the forms processing software extracts the data from the fields for upload to the mainframe application.