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Re: PDF Forms Software - Adobe LiveCycle vs Adobe Experience Manager?

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From: chagnon
Date: Aug 20, 2018 1:18PM

Yes, it's tough to get info about forms and Experience Manager from Adobe.

I believe it's SAAS (software as a service) -- cloud-based software that is not installed on your computer. From what I've heard, it also does not create fully accessible PDF forms.

Did you know that Adobe InDesign has decent forms tools? It does a great job on regular forms (even those that are complex with many fields in a table matrix, for example). The visual design tools in InDesign are, of course, amazing. Advanced scripting can be added in Acrobat Pro.

We create forms (and run classes in making accessible forms) and most can be exported to a fully accessible PDF that needs little to no tweaking afterwards in Acrobat Pro. Real time-saver.

It's a decent workflow for most forms, and I believe Adobe is working to improve its forms utilities and capabilities.

I used to teach Live Cycle eons ago (and JetForms and others from the 1990s) and my firm used to sell the software. I hated it so much that I dropped it from our line and stopped teaching it, too.

On the other hand, I'm very happy teaching forms with InDesign and Acrobat.

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