FDF file extension - Adobe Acrobat Portable Document input form
What is fdf file? How to open fdf files?
File extension fdf is most likely best known for its use for Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Input Form files, which are form documents that can be created by Adobe Acrobat and read by Adobe's Acrobat Reader.
It is a text file format used for data exported from PDF form fields. A .fdf file is typically smaller than PDF files because they only contain form field data not the entire form.
Note: This file format is quite often attached to spam emails. Prior to that, these messages would contain PDF, DOC or XLS spam content.
MIME types:
application/vnd.fdf
Updated: November 27, 2023
The default software associated to open fdf file:
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Acrobat is fully featured document solution that works with PDF format and is able of both opening and editing of existing PDF documents, or creating new ones from scratch. Acrobat DC is the last version after Acrobat XI. You can purchase it as standalone desktop software.
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Much like its Windows counterpart, the Mac version of Adobe Acrobat is software used view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in PDF document file format. Acrobat is available in three editions - Acrobat XI Pro, Acrobat XI Standard and Acrobat XI Suite as well as part of Creative Cloud.
Company or developer:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Creative Cloud is latest member of Creative family. With this version Adobe moved from one-time fee to subscription based model, while no longer plans to offer one time purchase options like the users were used. There is either annual or monthly fee for using the whole bundle or just one program.
List of software applications associated to the .fdf file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open fdf file, edit fdf file, convert fdf file, view fdf file, play fdf file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting fdf files.
Software that open fdf file - Adobe Acrobat Portable Document input form
Programs supporting the exension fdf on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open fdf file action.
Microsoft Windows:
Main software associated with fdf file by default:
Adobe Acrobat
Other suggested software:
Adobe Acrobat Reader