Edit a PDF
Add text, place images, draw, highlight and cover up whatever needs to go, then save a new copy — with no watermark added to the result.
How to edit a PDF
- Choose your PDF.
- Pick a tool, then drag on the page to place it.
- Use Select to move, resize or restyle anything you have added.
- Select Save and download to get the edited file.
Changing text that is already in the PDF
Use Whiteout to cover the old text, then add a text box on top. This is how PDF editing works in practice, and it is worth being straightforward about why.
A PDF does not store text the way a word processor does. It stores instructions for painting individual glyphs at fixed positions, using fonts that are usually embedded only in part — just the characters the document happens to use. There is no paragraph to reflow and often no glyph available for a letter that was not already on the page. Tools that claim to edit PDF text directly are doing some version of cover and replace; ours simply says so.
Questions
Which fonts can I use? Helvetica, Times and Courier, in regular, bold and italic. These are built into the PDF format, so the file stays small and displays identically everywhere.
Can I undo? Yes — the Undo button, or Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac). Press Delete to remove whatever is selected.
Is a watermark added? No. The saved PDF contains only your document and the changes you made to it.