ScribeWare Directions
  • πŸš€Welcome to the ScribeWare Training Site
  • Getting Started
    • πŸ“ƒOverview
    • ✨ScribeWare and Desktop Basics
      • πŸ“—Understanding Chapters and Sections
      • πŸ“ˆThe Left Side Bar
      • β˜‘οΈUnderstanding Data Fields
      • 🚩Understanding Narratives
      • πŸ–ŠοΈAdding Observations
      • 🚩The Difference Between Narratives and Templates
      • πŸŽ₯Photos and Videos
      • πŸ—‘οΈCutting and Pasting Media Into a Report
      • ❓How Desktop and Mobile Work Together
    • Ideas for Multi-Family
    • 🚘The Mobile Version
      • πŸ“™Written Overview of the Mobile App
      • πŸ“½οΈVideo Overview of the Mobile App
      • πŸ—οΈAdding and Renaming Chapters and Sections
      • βž•Adding Pictures from Your Mobile Device's Gallery into a ScribeWare Report
      • πŸ”—How Syncing Works
      • πŸ’‰Photo Annotations on Mobile Using iMarkup
      • πŸ’ͺVoice-to-text Tips For Scribers
    • πŸ“ΈManaging Photos, Videos and Illustrations
      • πŸŽ₯Connecting Photos and Videos to Use in Your Report
      • πŸ’‰Picture in Picture Photo Editing
      • πŸ¦…Tagging Photos
      • πŸ“ŽThe Report Directory
      • πŸ“‚External Media and Illustration Folders
      • πŸ“‰Adding Illustrations to The Illustrations Folders
    • πŸ“©Submit Feedback for Desktop and Mobile
    • πŸ™Finish Report Overview with The Request List Builder
    • πŸ₯‰Gunnysacks and Handling Multiple Defects With The Same System
      • πŸ“ΈPhoto Captions to Bullets Feature
      • πŸ’°Using Gunnysacks to Reduce The Number of Comments You Need to Maintain
  • ADVANCED DESKTOP
    • πŸ–₯️Setting a Summary Statement at the Top of Your Summary Page
    • 🌎Global Keyword Searching on Desktop
    • πŸ”Inspector Only Notes
    • 🌳Using Logic Trees
    • ⚑Advanced Workflow for Multiple Defects with the Same System
      • 🚩Inspector Only Notes and Narrative Shortcuts
      • 🚩Gunnysacks and Magic Captions
    • 🎁What's New
  • Customizations
    • πŸ’΅Setting Up Your Business
      • βš™οΈThe Settings
      • β˜€οΈEnter Company and Logo Information
      • πŸšƒBuild Your Team
      • ✈️Build and Manage Your Agreements
    • πŸ”³Template Customization
      • ❗Be Sure You Understand How Templates Work in ScribeWare
      • 🏚️Building and Editing Descriptive Fields
      • πŸͺMoving Fields Between Chapters and Sections
      • πŸš†Inspector Only Notes for Blazing Fast Comments
      • πŸ”Resequencing and Renaming Chapters and Sections
      • 🩹Recovering Chapters or Sections That Have Been Hidden
      • 🏎️Building Links for Instant-Comments
      • 🎩Tricks for building a super-flexible template that can apply to most jobs
      • πŸ“ΈBuilding a Camera or Video Icon Into Your Template for Quick Photo Placement
      • πŸ’£Deleting a Template
    • πŸ”‘Narrative Customization
      • πŸ‹Understanding Narrative Comments
      • πŸ†ŽEditing Your Narrative Library of Pre-Made Comments
      • πŸ”¦Adding Hidden Blue Titles to Your Narratives
      • πŸ•”Blending Your Imported Library From Another Software Into ScribeWare
      • Blending Library Comments from Another Template Into Your Template
      • πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“Saving Illustrations with Narratives
      • πŸš€Creating and Editing Text Replacement
      • Using Parent Comments
      • πŸ’°Building Gunnysacks
    • πŸ“™Library Features and Organization
      • 🎁Editing Library Categories
      • ⛏️Using Library Categories to Populate a Section of Your Report With narratives
      • πŸ‘œMoving a Narrative from One Section to Another Section of Your Template
      • 🍞Blending Your Library From Another Software Into ScribeWare
      • 🩹Editing and Cutting From Your Library
    • πŸŽ“Adding Illustrations to the Illustrations Folders
    • ⚑Using Descriptions to Power Background Information and CYA
      • 🏰Setting Default Descriptions
      • 🏹Powerful and Effective CYA and Boilerplate
      • πŸŽ™οΈInspector Only Notes Where The Comment Stays Hidden
    • πŸ”ŒThe Power of Boilerplate
    • πŸ–ŠοΈContracts and Agreements
    • πŸ’₯The Power of Modifiers
      • 🚲Overview: Observation Modifiers
      • πŸ“ΊSetting a Default Modifier For a Section
      • πŸ“‘Showing No Major Concerns
      • πŸͺœAdding Sub-Modifiers to the Bottom of Narratives
    • πŸ•ΆοΈCustomizing Your Summary Page
    • 🎯Photo Tags
  • Templates, Specialty Templates, Ancillary Services and Odd Jobs
    • 🌏The Narrative Template
    • βœ”οΈCheck Box Style With Short Narratives
    • πŸ—ΌCondo Inspections
    • 🐜Pest Inspections
    • 🌡Texas TREC Templates
    • ✏️Written Consultations and One-Item Inspections
    • πŸ“½οΈSewer Scope Inspection Reports
    • ♻️Re-inspections. Everyone's Favorite!
    • 🎱Pools and Spas
    • πŸš’RV Inspections
    • 🌴California EEE Inspections
  • Into The Weeds
    • πŸ“ͺUsing PDF forms
    • Configuring PDF form fills in ScribeWare
      • Adding PDF form fields to your ScribeWare template
      • Uncover your PDF's Database Field names
      • Filling your PDF form with commonly used information
      • Filling your PDF form with field-specific information
      • Adding pages to your PDF with additional information
    • πŸ…Customizing the Look of the Report
    • πŸ“ŽIntegrations
      • ISN
      • NXT
      • Zapier
    • 🚩Your Data in ScribeWare
  • Making the transition
    • 🐳How to import your Spectora templates into ScribeWare
    • 🌷How to import your Home Inspection Pro (HIP) template into ScribeWare
    • ℹ️How to import your InspectIt templates into ScribeWare
    • 😎How to import your HomeGauge templates into ScribeWare
    • πŸ‘£Transitioning from other software into ScribeWare
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • ❓What is the difference between Default Descriptions and Default Field Values?
  • Troubleshooting
    • Preview not opening
  • πŸš“Troubleshooting Syncing
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  1. Into The Weeds
  2. Configuring PDF form fills in ScribeWare

Uncover your PDF's Database Field names

In order to tell SW what information goes where, you need to know a given field's Database Field Name. Here's, we'll show you how.

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Anatomy of a PDF form

ScribeWare can be used to fill in the following form element types:

  • Text fields - places were you can enter arbitrary text. Examples include "Name", "Address", "Date", etc.

  • Check boxes - they can either appear as a check mark or "x", and are either checked or unchecked

Each element in a form has an internal Database field name that is used to reference it.

Important! Database Field Names are not visible using a normal PDF viewer. You must use a specialized tool to see these.

How to determine PDF field names

  1. Upload your PDF to the free website

  2. Click β€œEdit fillable fields” on the right side of the browser

  3. Select the field in your PDF

  4. The Database Field Name is shown on the right! Make a note of this for the next step.

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