OmniForm 5.0
- Convert your paper documents into digital format, then easily transform the data into a new format
- Include digital signatures and other attachments
- Add calculations and field validations
- Easy data analysis lets you build databases in just a few steps
- Import your information into HTML, PDF, or other formats
Rating: 5 of 5
OmniForm
Rating: 1 of 5
Horrible Customer Service
I bought this item 2 upgrade my older version of Omniform. Upon receiving the item it would not install on my new Windows Vista Computer. I called customer service & after waiting 38 minutes & being told that I was allowed only 1 free technical service call & that all subsequent calls would cost me $20.00 per call, I was told that this product would not work with Windows Vista & that it would never work with Vista that I should return the product 2 whomever I purchased it from. So I did, but, I had 2 pay a 30% restocking fee! I used 2 love omniform. But I will find a better alternate program. Don't support software that won't support you!
Rating: 2 of 5
Omniform- Be warned! it will crash
The omniform forms are touted as forms that work as databases. NEVER use omnform form's built in database. Omniform forms have a ridiculously low file size limit of about 4.5MB & will crash without warning. Calculations such as subtracting time A from time B & displaying time lapsed will not work & return error messages. Not worth the price. However if the company bothers 2 read all the horrible crash stories,they might think of tying the form 2 an open source embedded database(which should work without any stupid limitations on file size etc) . The sad part is that whenever Nuance buys decent products they stop developing these products. This includes IBM ViaVoice, Scansoft Omniform. Omniform 5 is a great tool 4 testing user interfaces before designing database products.
Rating: 1 of 5
Horrible Product
I am really thinking of returning it 2 Amazon. I think I will stick with good-'ol MS Word. You see I wanted a 12-page form & spent two days creating it. It's a form 2 survey boats so it also had graphic areas 4 photos (about 12). Well, all seemed fine until you printed a filled form 2 .pdf. The size of the created .pdf was near 10MB! (Similary done with MS word resulted in a 1.2MB finished .pdf). Well, I can't be e-mailing 10MB files!
I also recieved the book 4 the 5.0 filler which says it can use Dragon Naturally Speaking (I use that). I'll be darned if I can figure out where that tool is, "you must activate voice recognition in the tool bar." And, if you use Dragon Naturally Speaking in the form filler area all sentences start out without capital letters, say & select does not work. (I should note that Dragon Naturally Speaking works flawlessly in MS Word!) So, you manually have 2 go back & capitalize each sentence. Finally, as others have said, there is no FAQ & generally no troubleshooting help on the ScanSoft web site. This is very poor 4 a near $100 product. There would be no way that I would spend $700 on their premium edition.
I also recieved the book 4 the 5.0 filler which says it can use Dragon Naturally Speaking (I use that). I'll be darned if I can figure out where that tool is, "you must activate voice recognition in the tool bar." And, if you use Dragon Naturally Speaking in the form filler area all sentences start out without capital letters, say & select does not work. (I should note that Dragon Naturally Speaking works flawlessly in MS Word!) So, you manually have 2 go back & capitalize each sentence. Finally, as others have said, there is no FAQ & generally no troubleshooting help on the ScanSoft web site. This is very poor 4 a near $100 product. There would be no way that I would spend $700 on their premium edition.
Rating: 4 of 5
Missing some features, has a learning curve, overall good
I really like OmniForm 5. Actually I'm using version 5.1 & I'm very satisfied with it.
I was using another forms program I had purchased that was adequate but not nearly as good. After using FormTool I have a much greater appreciation of OmniForm.
ScanSoft has been on my list of not 2 buy software recently because of some of the poor performance of some of their other programs, tech support is expensive from ScanSoft & none of their software that I have used have been easy 2 learn using the manuals or help files. In contrast OmniForm was well worth the money.
OmniForm 5 does a great job of either creating forms from scratch, scanning or converting from PDF. It's the only forms program I have tried so far that actually does a great job of importing a form from a PDF file.
Its has all the tools you need 2 create a form starting with a blank page. You can define any field with a variety of formats. Example you can create a date field with a specific format then no matter how the data is input the program will automatically reformat the data the way you specified. You can create just about any field simply by dragging a symbol from a menu onto the page. In the case of inserting a graphic you can choose 2 have the graphic saved with the form or not saving with the form itself 2 conserve file size. You can have the graphic resized by the program with little loss of quality. Features such as these might be available in other programs of this type but I found OmniForm 2 do the best job with creating a form field by field with the least effort.
Scanning in of a form is almost flawless. It even recognized fields on the paper form that were meant 2 be circled & created the field 4 them. Other programs I have used could not do this well if at all. The only adjustments I had 2 make on scanned forms were sometimes OmniForm recognized text as bold when it wasn't & occasionally it would change the font. For example it would change Arial 2 Times New Roman on some spots of the form. Strange quirk.
To get a form imported from a PDF file you have 2 open the PDF file & print 2 OmniForm. This is very accurate with little adjustment necessary after import. OmniForm really shines in this area. But I did notice if the form your importing from PDF has multiple pages OmniForm will give you an out of memory error when you try 2 save. To overcome this flaw you have 2 import one page at a time, creating a new page each time in OmniForm 2 make a multi page form from PDF. A little time consuming when you have a 9 page form.
It will create a self running .exe form you can e-mail & the person on the other end can fill out the form & send it back. This works even the other person does not have OmniForm on their machine. Because some people filter out .exe file attachments the program also creates a .html version of the form. This is a very handy feature.
The help file is not of much use. The paper manual is better but still lacking. If you have problems tech support from ScanSoft is expensive. But there is a user support forum you can get 2 through the support page on the ScanSoft web site. I have used the forum with great success.
Overall this program is a little difficult 2 use with some quirks & needed features like being able 2 import & save a multiple page form from PDF. But well worth the effort 2 use as it is the most accurate forms program I have used.
I do recommend this program. If the flaws I mentioned were corrected I would give this program 5 stars.
I was using another forms program I had purchased that was adequate but not nearly as good. After using FormTool I have a much greater appreciation of OmniForm.
ScanSoft has been on my list of not 2 buy software recently because of some of the poor performance of some of their other programs, tech support is expensive from ScanSoft & none of their software that I have used have been easy 2 learn using the manuals or help files. In contrast OmniForm was well worth the money.
OmniForm 5 does a great job of either creating forms from scratch, scanning or converting from PDF. It's the only forms program I have tried so far that actually does a great job of importing a form from a PDF file.
Its has all the tools you need 2 create a form starting with a blank page. You can define any field with a variety of formats. Example you can create a date field with a specific format then no matter how the data is input the program will automatically reformat the data the way you specified. You can create just about any field simply by dragging a symbol from a menu onto the page. In the case of inserting a graphic you can choose 2 have the graphic saved with the form or not saving with the form itself 2 conserve file size. You can have the graphic resized by the program with little loss of quality. Features such as these might be available in other programs of this type but I found OmniForm 2 do the best job with creating a form field by field with the least effort.
Scanning in of a form is almost flawless. It even recognized fields on the paper form that were meant 2 be circled & created the field 4 them. Other programs I have used could not do this well if at all. The only adjustments I had 2 make on scanned forms were sometimes OmniForm recognized text as bold when it wasn't & occasionally it would change the font. For example it would change Arial 2 Times New Roman on some spots of the form. Strange quirk.
To get a form imported from a PDF file you have 2 open the PDF file & print 2 OmniForm. This is very accurate with little adjustment necessary after import. OmniForm really shines in this area. But I did notice if the form your importing from PDF has multiple pages OmniForm will give you an out of memory error when you try 2 save. To overcome this flaw you have 2 import one page at a time, creating a new page each time in OmniForm 2 make a multi page form from PDF. A little time consuming when you have a 9 page form.
It will create a self running .exe form you can e-mail & the person on the other end can fill out the form & send it back. This works even the other person does not have OmniForm on their machine. Because some people filter out .exe file attachments the program also creates a .html version of the form. This is a very handy feature.
The help file is not of much use. The paper manual is better but still lacking. If you have problems tech support from ScanSoft is expensive. But there is a user support forum you can get 2 through the support page on the ScanSoft web site. I have used the forum with great success.
Overall this program is a little difficult 2 use with some quirks & needed features like being able 2 import & save a multiple page form from PDF. But well worth the effort 2 use as it is the most accurate forms program I have used.
I do recommend this program. If the flaws I mentioned were corrected I would give this program 5 stars.
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OmniForm 5.0 allows you 2 quickly turn paper forms into digital forms, or create new digital forms from scratch. OmniForm 5.0 comes with a complete set of predesigned templates 2 facilitate the creation of new forms. Forms can be printed & distributed, or sent via e-mail so recipients can fill them out electronically on their computers.
OmniForm 5.0 also comes with a single license 4 OmniForm Filler/Data Manager 2 expedite the filling out of digital forms, a real timesaver 4 individuals who complete forms on a regular basis. The Filler/Data Manager software maintains a database of information about the user & automatically fills in information that has been provided on previous forms. OmniForm 5.0 is ideal 4 individuals who need 2 create forms, or who receive & fill out a large number of forms.
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Very easy 2 use.