Here’s an extract from Personnel Today:

“VF Creator, from leading eForm provider Victoria Forms, will help recruitment agencies and employers to design and customise forms within Microsoft Word before the new software converts them into professional-looking online forms.

“Until now, creating online forms has been a time-intensive and expensive process, especially for organisations who need to produce a lot of different forms or who have to make regular amendments.”

And one from OnRec:

“A new business software package, launched today, enables anyone familiar with Microsoft Word to create professional, interactive online eForms without having to bring in expensive web developers or internal IT help.”

1. Most professional people know how to use Word, and can put together good form documents.
2. Word has loads of features for making good looking, well laid out forms – tables, graphics, images, backgrounds, page sizing, etc. Experienced Word users can put together highly professional business forms, for any use.
3. There are lots of Word features available to assist you as you work – spell checking, grammar checking, document styles, change tracking, etc. You can copy and paste sections of forms from one page to another, and from one form to another, speeding up form creation.
4. You can print Word documents – some of your clients may still expect a paper version of forms.
5. Creation of forms is super-fast. Being a desktop product, document creation is never compromised.

1. Users without Word cannot complete Word Forms, including most users with mobile devices and tablets.
2. A Word form can vary in appearance from one brand of word-processor to the next and from one version of Word to the next. You cannot be sure what the end users will be seeing. This is particularly true with Word Online (the browser-based version of Word) – where key features of Desktop Word are not supported.
3. Word documents don’t validate the data – The returned forms can contain obvious errors and omissions, making more work for staff when they receive incomplete, or erroneous replies.
4. Users can edit the Word document – inserting their own text, or removing key clauses. You cannot be sure that what you receive is the same as what you send out.
5. Completed Word documents are returned by email, which is often inconvenient and unreliable – users can’t be sure that the form has been sent and received.

Victoria Forms Creator allows you to see why Microsoft Word is great for forms creation, and with our help how it can be great for form filling! By turning the Word document into an Online form with us, with added features such as validation, online submission, PDF creation, all of the disadvantages of Word forms are overcome.

11^th December 2017

New software enables anyone to create online forms without technical training

London (United Kingdom) Monday, 11th December 2017 – a new business software package, launched today, enables anyone familiar with Microsoft Word to create professional, interactive online eForms without having to bring in expensive web developers or internal IT help.

VF Creator, from leading eForm provider, Victoria Forms, enables anyone to design and customise forms within Microsoft Word before the new software converts them into professional-looking online forms. This means that anyone in any department can now create online forms without having to learn how to use specialist eForms software.

Public and private organisations generate many thousands of forms each year for many different functions such as job applications, housing applications, pension forms and registration forms. Despite a push towards digitalisation, they are still awash with forms in paper, PDF or Word format.

They risk creating a poor impression and user experience amongst customers and staff alike. What’s more, they slow down business, add to administration costs and increase the likelihood of human error and lost data.

Duncan Bayne, the owner and founder of Victoria Forms, explains: “In today’s digital society, there is an expectation that all forms can be completed online, at any time, through multiple devices including smartphones. Paper (or PDF-style) forms are easy to create, but are expensive to administer and they create a negative impression of a company for customers, potential employees and existing staff.”

Until now, creating online forms has been a time-intensive and expensive process. Traditionally, online forms required either an IT specialist or a third party to carry out the eForms design work.  This can be very expensive and time consuming, especially for organisations that need to produce a lot of different forms, who have to make regular amendments, or who have limited in-house IT expertise and support.

VF Creator eForms can be accessed by users 24/7 and there is no need for printing or posting. The VF Creator eForm helps and guides the user through the form, intelligently switching sections on or off depending on relevancy, making it much easier to fill in. The eForm also checks itself for errors, ensuring high quality data the first time around, reducing administration time. Users can sign forms on screen, making the process 100 per cent paper free. The software can also be integrated with back-office systems, getting rid of the need for re-keying information by staff.

Duncan continues: “As it is an extension to Microsoft Word, VF Creator can be used by anyone with very little guidance or training. Many sectors such as HR, local and central government, health and recruitment, are crying out for this practical, affordable technology.”

Big Sky Additions, a Norwich-based accountancy search and selection agency, chose Victoria Forms to help them turn their most important paper and PDF forms into smart online versions.

Justin Murray, Director of Big Sky Additions, comments: “Switching to online forms has significantly reduced our administration burden and made the process of registering new candidates much faster. They can now submit all the required documentation online, at a time that suits them, rather than having to fill in lengthy paper forms when we meet them or print off a PDF and post it back. As a company we have become more efficient and technology-driven in the eyes of our candidates, clients and staff.”

In future, Big Sky will use the new software VF Creator from Victoria Forms to make changes to their forms in-house. Justin Murray adds: “This will be very beneficial for certain forms which aren’t as standardised such as terms of business.”

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