There are two different types of "PDF forms": 1) PDFs that you download, print out, fill in, and fax or scan+email back. 2) PDFs that have a form filling capa

There are two different types of "PDF forms": 1) PDFs that you download, print out, fill in, and fax or scan+email back. 2) PDFs that have a form filling capability if you use a recent version of a PDF reader that supports it. I'm not entirely sure of the process or of how well it works, but I do know that the intention is that it does keep everything electronic. I think that the author of the article isn't aware of the second type and commenters have conflated the two.