5 Best Free PDF Editors You Can Use

Have you found it difficult to look for PDF editors that let you not only edit and add text but also change images, add your own graphics, sign your name, fill out forms, etc.? Now, PDF has become the most preferred document format to be used in business transactions, school, and general use, making a PDF editor essential. However, many PDF editing software makes it tricky to edit PDF files online, so here’s a list of the best free PDF editors you can use.

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PDF Candy

PDF Candy’s toolset is formidable. You can use 44 tools to create or convert PDF files. Additionally, you’ll find tools for rearranging pages within a document, adding watermarks, protecting PDF files with passcodes, editing metadata within a PDF file, splitting or adding pages to documents, and extracting images. All these tasks are as simple as selecting the tool, uploading a document, and allowing PDF Candy to work its magic.

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Smallpdf

One of the quickest ways to add images, text, shapes, or your signature to a PDF is with Smallpdf. This website allows you to upload a PDF, make changes to it, and then save it back to your computer, all without needing to make a user account or pay for any Anti-watermarking features.

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PDFescape

PDFescape has quite a lot of features. It’s free as long as the PDF doesn’t exceed 100 pages or 10 MB. You can’t truly change text or edit images using this editor, but you can add your own text, images, links, and form fields. The text tool is very customizable so that you can pick your own size, font type, color, alignment, and apply effects such as bolding, underlining, and italics.

You also can draw on the PDF, add sticky notes, strikethrough text, put white space over anything you want to disappear, and insert lines, checkmarks, shapes, and comments.

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FormSwift

FormSwift offers a slightly different twist on PDF editing. While it gives you the option to upload and edit PDF files, it also offers a large library of legal and other business forms you can fill in online and download as a PDF file or Word document.

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PDFBob

PDF BOB requires no user account. Just upload your PDF, make the changes you need to, and then export it to PDF again to finish up. There are several tools to edit your PDF, like a text tool that lets you select a custom color and font type, an image picker, and a colored pencil/marker.

You can also use PDF BOB to delete pages from the PDF and add new ones to it. When you save to a PDF file, there’s even a password option to secure the document.

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So that’s it for our list. How about you? What PDF Editor do you use? Let us know in the comments.

3 Comments

va?ch ng?n ivn says:

3 years ago

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4 years ago

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Ian says:

4 years ago

You can actually open a PDF in Microsoft Word, it will be converted to a doc file for editing then saved back to pdf. All without uploading the file online.
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