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ADOBE LIVECYCLE FORMS ES

Create and deploy interactive XML-based forms as HTML, PDF, or SWF

With Adobe® LiveCycle® Forms ES software, you can extend your core business processes beyond the enterprise — more securely and cost effectively. Deploy XML-based form templates as HTML, PDF, or SWF over any platform or device. Then, capture data from submitted forms and transfer it directly into your organization's core systems, streamlining form-driven business processes and improving data accuracy.

  • Empower users to complete and submit dynamic forms online or offline and across the firewall.
  • Create interactive forms and form guides to improve data accuracy and reduce transaction cycle times.
  • Comply with government accessibility requirements for online forms, including Section 508 and W3C WCAG 1.0 Level AA guidelines.
  • Automate form data exchange and validation with core business systems.
  • Reduce training costs and increase user adoption by using PDF to maintain the look and feel of paper forms.
  • Smoothly integrate RIAs with existing applications, back-end data, and LiveCycle ES services.

Key Capabilities

Accelerate form creation and processing

With intuitive, graphical design capabilities, LiveCycle Designer ES and LiveCycle Forms ES make it easy to design and deploy forms without deep technical knowledge. You can re-create the look and feel of existing paper-based forms and enable users to access electronic forms through a universal client — such as Adobe Reader, Flash Player, or a web browser — increasing user adoption and reducing training costs.

Improve user experience with dynamic forms

Using LiveCycle Forms ES, you can deploy PDF, SWF, and HTML forms — both inside and beyond your organization's walls — to capture data critical to your business processes. LiveCycle Forms ES simplifies form completion, allowing users to enjoy faster response times and have a more enjoyable experience filling out forms. Support for dynamic forms means even the most complicated forms can provide a rich and engaging user experience.

Generate form guides

Form guides are Flash Player compatible wizard-like panels that help guide people through a data capture experience. Form guides can dynamically change and adapt based on input data to ensure that only relevant and accurate data is captured. These rich and engaging experiences help reduce transaction abandonment rates that are prevalent with more complex data collection interfaces.

Improve efficiency with form fragments

Fragments are a collection of fields or objects grouped together for a logical data capture objective (for example, address blocks or financial information sections). With LiveCycle Forms ES, these fragments can be dynamically stitched together based on user input or any data-driven event. Business rules and logic can be applied and linked to the fragments using LiveCycle Workbench ES or LiveCycle Designer ES. Form fragments make it easy for organizations to quickly create new forms using prebuilt fragments and to manage and change form templates through global fragments that are used in multiple forms.

Assemble PDF packages

LiveCycle Forms ES can assemble multiple PDF forms into a PDF form package, making the form completion easier. Customers, partners, and suppliers can access a single PDF form package that contains all the necessary forms for their transaction without having to manually figure out and compile which forms or documents are required for a transaction. A single package of PDF forms can be assembled for a transaction based on data input.

Integrate with back-end systems via XML

Support for XML means you can leverage existing enterprise applications for rapid form deployment and data exchange with core business systems. And built-in data validation capabilities allow you to automatically verify information as the user completes the form — improving both data accuracy and transaction processing time.

Enable offline form completion

Deployed in conjunction with LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES software, LiveCycle Forms ES allows users to save PDF forms to their local hard drives, fill out the forms offline, and submit the completed forms the next time they are online. This is especially beneficial for those accessing the web via dial-up connection or when people need more time to gather information to complete a form. If your end users prefer to submit the completed forms by mail or fax, dynamic 2D barcode technology, provided by LiveCycle Barcoded Forms ES software, gives your customers greater convenience and flexibility to bridge the paper-to-digital divide.

Employ digital signature and encryption capabilities

By deploying Adobe LiveCycle Digital Signatures ES in conjunction with LiveCycle Forms ES, you can provide security outside your core systems and beyond the firewall.

Automate processes and workflow

You can automate form-driven business processes using LiveCycle Process Management ES software, and then monitor and optimize processes using the built-in Business Activity Monitoring capabilities included with LiveCycle ES Foundation.

Create universally accessible online forms

With LiveCycle Forms ES, government agencies can meet accessibility requirements, including Section 508 and up to W3C WCAG 1.0 Level AA guidelines, which mandate that electronic technology must be equally accessible to people with disabilities.

Eliminate costly errors

Completing forms electronically means there is no need for your employees to re-enter data manually, thus reducing errors and processing costs.

Improve return on IT investments

Adobe PDF can be embedded with content and data from key applications and enhanced with calculations and validations to create powerful intelligent documents and forms. By offering an avenue for returning captured data to key applications via SOAP-based interfaces, LiveCycle Forms ES further leverages existing investments in critical applications and processes.

Related Products

Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES

Adobe LiveCycle Barcoded Forms ES

Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES

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LiveCycle Forms Datasheet (PDF)
A full-color guide to the key features, benefits, and system requirements of Adobe LiveCycle Forms.
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Learn how Avoka Customers have utilised Adobe LiveCycle Forms solutions.
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Easy design, delivery, and processing of electronic forms (PDF: 441k)
Read how Adobe LiveCycle Forms can help your company extend its core business applications to the Web with secure electronic forms.
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