Document Template

What is Document Template?

Document template refers to a sample file in the blank document that can help in saving time. It contains a pre-defined formatting style, graphics, tables, objects, and other information.

How it works in Fillable Document?

Fillable Document uses Google Docs as a template for building online Fillable Forms and hence users can visually prepare the form with any of their documents as a template

How to build the template

  • The first step is to create a template document.

  • Prepare a document with dynamic fields.

  • Dynamic fields will be indicated by the ${field} format. For Example ${Company}.

Types of templates supported in Fillable Document

Fillable Document supports two types of Google templates

  1. Google Docs template

  2. Google Slide template

  3. Google Sheets template

How to setup Document Template in Fillable Document?

  • Open Fillable Document add-on

  • Click on Side Menu

  • Click on Document Templates

Google Docs templates

  • Select the Google docs template required.

  • Your active document will be set as a primary document template.

  • Click on the + icon to add more document templates.

  • Choose the document template from Google Picker

Google Slide templates

Note: Fillable Document supports Google Slide templates also.

  • Open the left-side nav.

  • Click on the "+" icon and select the required Google Slide template.

Google Sheets templates

Note: Now Fillable Document supports Google Sheets templates also.

  • Open the left-side nav.

  • Click on "+" icon and select the required Google Sheets template.

Support several formats:

  • Now users can attach the generated fillable document in various formats.

  • Click on the arrow button to check all the possible formats available.

The currently supported formats are

  1. Google Document

  2. PDF Document

  3. Microsoft Word

  4. Open Document Format

  5. Rich Text Format

  6. Plain Text

  7. HTML

  8. Zip


  • Select the required formats that need to be generated.

  • Click on Save to save the settings.

How does it look in the Form?

  • You can see your templates in the tabular form in the web form

  • You can navigate between templates by click on the tabs.

How the output document look like?

  • After filling the form you can see the outputs generated for each document templates separately.