OmniForm 5.0

I'm a novice user to forms software and after only 2 days I have a list of "features wanted" that could not fit on this email. To cite a few; a very limited autofill and formatting features, very limited ability make buttons, macro scripts, and missing features such as a pop-up calendars and calculator, a workable preview mode, floating help boxes, etc.

Good points? Conversion from a MS Word form was flawless, and scanning a form was not half bad. It's easy to use (it'd better be because the documentation is almost useless), automatic generation of database but it has to be manually exported to DB programs. A 10,000 record limit to the number of records that can be stored per form is ridiculously low. You can create "e-mailable" forms to send to others to fill even if they don't have the software (but you are limited to 100 such forms unless you buy the premium edition). There is supposedly a way to post forms on the scansoft website but it hasn't yet worked for me.
Worse, Scansoft allows only ONE free techsupport event and then you have to pay for each event after. The so-called support forum has NO INPUT from Scansoft techs. All the better to force you to pay for tech support.

Unfortunately, if you need form software that is easy and somewhat mature there aren't alot of competing products out there. At several points I thought about the benefits of just staying with the MS Word form I originally created.


Great for Court Forms   October 25, 2001
 13 out of 54 found this review helpful

As a Beta user I assure you that this will make your life easier by not having to stock a lot of forms from the court.