Edit & Text
Edit PDF Text, Sign & Stamp
Edit a PDF free, with no watermark and no account: fix a typo, add a line, sign the last page, fill in a form, number the pages, stamp DRAFT across them, or take the text out and count it. The editing happens in your browser, so the document never leaves your device.
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Edit & Text tools
Fix a typo, sign, fill a form, number and watermark pages. Every one runs on your own device.
- Edit PDF Change a line of text, add text, white out, highlight, draw and add pictures.
- Extract Text from PDF Every word in a PDF as plain text, in reading order.
- Add Watermark Stamp CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, your name or logo across every page.
- Add Page Numbers Number pages in any corner, in any style, from any page.
- Headers & Footers Put a title, date or page count at the top or bottom of every page.
- Sign PDF Draw, type or upload your signature and place it on any page.
- Fill PDF Form Type into a fillable PDF, tick its boxes, and lock the answers in.
- Make PDF Fillable Add text boxes, checkboxes, date and signature fields to a printed form.
- Bates Numbering Stamp sequential Bates numbers across a whole production, file after file.
- Invert PDF Colors Dark mode for any PDF: white text on black, text still selectable.
- PDF to Black and White Grayscale with the text kept, or pure two-tone black and white.
- Change PDF Background Color Cream, sepia or any tint behind the text — still selectable.
- PDF Word Count Words, characters, sentences and reading time, page by page.
Edit & Text guides
- How to Bates number documents for a production Bates numbering for a document production: choosing a prefix and padding, continuing the count across files, where the stamp goes and keeping an index — done free, without Acrobat.
- How to sign a PDF on your phone Sign a PDF on an iPhone or Android phone without installing an app: draw your signature with a finger, place it on the page, and save the signed copy. Free, and nothing is uploaded.
- How to edit PDF text without changing the font Why PDF text changes font when you edit it, and how to change a word in a resume, letter or invoice so it keeps the original font, size and position. What subset fonts are, and when a match isn’t possible. No upload.
- How to edit an NDA PDF without uploading it Edit an NDA or contract PDF safely: change names, dates and terms in the same font, fill the blanks, sign and save it, all in your browser, so the agreement is never uploaded to a PDF website. Free, no sign-up.
- The best background color for reading a PDF Is white really the easiest background to read on? What dyslexia style guidance and reading research say about cream, peach and pastel backgrounds, when dark mode helps, and how to change a PDF’s background in a minute.
- How to sign a PDF without printing it How to sign a PDF for free on any computer or phone: draw, type or upload your signature, place it and save. Plus what Preview, Acrobat Reader and Markup can do, and when you need a certified digital signature.
- How to edit a PDF How to edit a PDF for free: change the text, add words and images, rearrange pages, fill forms and sign. What Word, Preview, Google Docs and Acrobat can do, and where each one stops.
Common problems, fixed
How does editing text in a PDF work?
PDFs aren’t word-processor files: every line of text is positioned on the page on its own. Editing takes the line you click out of the page and writes your new text in its place, in the same font, size and color, which is perfect for a wrong date, a typo or an old phone number. Text inside form fields and stamps is covered and rewritten instead — to be sure something is gone for good, redact it. For rewriting whole paragraphs, convert to Word, edit, and convert back.
Everything else here adds to the page or reads from it: signatures, form answers, page numbers and watermarks are drawn on top of the existing content and saved into the file, while the text tools read what is already there without changing it.
Questions
Can I edit a PDF without Adobe Acrobat?
Yes. Edit PDF changes text, adds text, images and highlights in any modern browser, with nothing to install.
Is a drawn signature legally binding?
In most countries a simple electronic signature like this is valid for everyday agreements. Some documents — deeds, wills, some government forms — need a certified digital signature or wet ink.
Are added page numbers and watermarks real text?
Yes. Add Page Numbers and Add Watermark draw real text into every page, so it prints, can be searched, and looks the same in every viewer.