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FormCracker: interactive web-based form filling

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FormCracker: interactive web-based form filling
Filling out document forms distributed by email or hosted on the Web is still problematic and usually requires a printer and scanner. Users commonly download and print forms, fill them out by hand, scan and email them. Even if the document is form-enabled (PDFs with FDF information), to read the file users still have to launch a separate application which may not be available, especially on mobile devices. FormCracker simplifies this process by providing an interactive, fully web-based document viewer that lets users complete forms online. Document pages are rendered as images and presented in a simple HTML-based viewer. When a user clicks in a form-field, FormCracker identifies the correct form-field type using lightweight image processing and heuristics based on nearby text. Users can then seamlessly enter data in form-fields such as text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, multiple text lines, and multiple single-box characters. FormCracker also provides useful auto-complete feature...
Laurent Denoue, John Adcock, Scott Carter, Patrick
Added 08 Nov 2010
Updated 08 Nov 2010
Type Conference
Year 2010
Where DOCENG
Authors Laurent Denoue, John Adcock, Scott Carter, Patrick Chiu, Francine Chen
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