Overview
Note: This feature is in Beta.
Convert a file into a FormAssembly form in minutes.
Rather than creating a new form from scratch, use the File to Web Form option to upload your file to FormAssembly, and this AI-powered feature will convert it into a fully functional, editable web form for you.
This feature is for:
- PDFs that contain a fillable form
- PDFs that resemble a form
- Scanned PDF files
- Screenshots and photos of a form
- Spreadsheets of form fields
Note: The original uploaded PDF file is not stored on FormAssembly and is discarded by the AI after the conversion process.
Requirements
To use File to Web Form, a FormAssembly user must be part of an Essentials plan or higher.
Note: There is no additional charge for this feature.
Supported File Types
- PDF (.pdf)
- JPEG/JPG (.jpeg, .jpg)
- PNG (.png)
- CSV (.csv)
- Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
- OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods)
- HTML (.html)
File Upload Restrictions
- 100-page limit on PDFs
- Maximum upload size of 32MB
Recommendations
- Any file uploaded should resemble a form. This feature will reject random files unrelated to forms or form structure.
- Fillable PDFs with boxes or PDFs containing images of a form are ideal.
- If a PDF contains a large amount of text and images, it may process slowly during conversion or fail. For example, a PDF of a complete college admissions handbook may not give accurate results because it contains large amounts of text and images. However, a simple PDF containing only a form and some surrounding text is more likely to succeed and produce the expected form.
- Photos, pictures, or screenshots of a form are supported; however, the AI's ability to successfully convert an image to a relevant form depends on the image’s quality.
- Structured HTML that describes fields and labels can be converted into a form. Broken HTML may lead to partial success or failure.
Note: XML and URL inputs are not supported.
Convert PDF
- Select New Form from the left-side menu, under Forms
- Select File to Web Form
- Click Select File
- Select your file to upload and click Open
- The file name and size will display in the “Create a New Form by Converting a File” modal.
Note: Only one file may be selected. If you have multiple pages of a form in different files, combine all pages into a single file before uploading.
- Select Create Form to begin the conversion
The AI-powered function builds the form within minutes. When complete, you are redirected to the Form Builder to continue editing your generated form.