Better Regulation and Communications Nova Scotia have produced two Better Forms Do-it-Yourself Templates for government employees to use when developing forms for the public. The Individual Template is for forms that will be filled out by individual members of the public. The Business Template is for forms that will be filled out by businesses.
The templates are downloadable files, available in Wordperfect and Microsoft Word. You can download the appropriate version, overwrite the template with specific information, and save it as a new document. Once the form is finalized, it should be created as an electronically fillable PDF in Adobe Acrobat. See Step 8: Produce Your Form.