PDF Editing Guides

Step-by-step help for the PDF jobs people do most. Everything works without installing anything or signing up, and your file is never uploaded.

• How to edit text in a PDFClick a line and fix it in place — plus tips for when fonts don't quite match.
• How to redact a PDF properlyA black box alone still lets people copy the text underneath. Here's how to really remove it, and how to check.
• Reorder, rotate and delete PDF pagesDrag pages in the page list, rotate, duplicate, delete, and add blank pages.
• Add text, shapes and a signature imageText boxes, shapes, pen, highlighter and signature images — and how saving works.
• Using an online PDF editor safelyHow to verify that your PDF isn't uploaded, and rules for sensitive documents.
• Fill out a PDF formType in the blanks, add check marks and a signature, without printing.
• Highlight, underline and annotateMark key lines for studying or review, and how to choose colors.
• When a scanned PDF can't be editedHow to tell it's a scan, and practical workarounds such as covering and retyping.
• Checklist before you send a PDFPersonal data, page order, your edits and file size, checked before you share.

Getting started

1. In the editor, press Choose PDF or drag a file onto the page.
2. To fix text, keep Edit text selected and click a line. Pick other tools from the toolbar.
3. When you're done, press Download. Your edits live only in this tab — if you close it without saving, they're gone.

Undo is Ctrl+Z and redo is Ctrl+Y (⌘ on a Mac).

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