Create Fillable PDF Textbox via R

Question

I am using a test file from R Markdown generated in RStudio by simply creating a new markdown file. It looks like this:

---
title: "Fillable Textbox?"
author: "The Need To Edit"
date: "Wednesday, October 21, 2015"
output: pdf_document
---

  This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see <http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com>.

When you click the **Knit** button a document will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this:

```{r}
summary(cars)
```

You can also embed plots, for example:

```{r, echo=FALSE}
plot(cars)
```

Note that the `echo = FALSE` parameter was added to the code chunk to prevent printing of the R code that generated the plot.

My question is:

Can I create a fillable text box in PDF form?

I am working on the automation of some of my workflows, but end users may need to add comments as part of this automation. I thought a fillable text box would be a good way to maintain a standard document format and give my users some freedom. I found ways to do almost everything except adding a fillable text field, maybe I was looking for the wrong expression?

Answer 1

hyperref ( ) . , . ( Name).

---
title: "Fillable Textbox?"
author: "The Need To Edit"
date: "Wednesday, October 21, 2015"
output: pdf_document
---

Since Rmarkdown uses knitr and it loads automatically hyperref I think hat this should work.

In fact it is just a matter of use some \LaTeX\ commands of the hyperref package.

```{r, echo=FALSE}
plot(cars)
```


\begin{Form}
    \TextField{Name}
\end{Form}

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