How to type on a PDF and cover a word you need to change

Open the PDF in the PDF editor, choose Text, click where the words should go and type. To change a word that is already printed, cover it with Whiteout and put a text box with the new word on top. Press Download PDF when you are done.

The editor adds to the page. It does not re-flow or retype text that is already in the PDF, so a paragraph will not reshuffle around a longer word. That is the honest limit to know before you start.

Steps

1. Open the PDF editor and drop the PDF on the box. The first page opens large.
2. Choose Text in the toolbar and click on the page. Type your text.
3. Set the size, choose a sans, serif or mono face, bold, and the colour. Long lines wrap inside the box you set.
4. Choose Select to move, resize or recolour anything you placed.
5. Press Download PDF. Your copy is rebuilt as you work, so it is ready the moment you are.

Replacing a word or a number

1. Choose Whiteout and drag a box over the word. It paints an opaque white box that hides the word when the page is viewed or printed.
2. Choose Text, click over the white box and type the new word.
3. Pick the face that looks closest: serif for most printed letters and contracts, sans for forms and modern documents.
4. Drag the text box until its line sits level with the words beside it.

This works on white pages. On a coloured or patterned background, a white box will show.

Whiteout hides content visually; the covered text is still inside the file and can be found by search or copied out. Do not use it to hide account numbers or other private details.

The other tools in the toolbar

Shapes, lines and ink come in four colours and four thicknesses. Text, Sign and Image place something at once; Highlight, Whiteout, Draw, Shape and Line follow your drag.

Fonts and languages

Text boxes use the standard PDF fonts (Helvetica, Times and Courier), which cover Latin letters, numbers and common symbols. That text is real text: it can be selected and searched. Text in other scripts, such as Hindi, Arabic or Chinese, is drawn into the file as a picture of the same box, so it looks right but cannot be selected or searched.

Working with pages

The page list beside the editor lets you drag pages into a new order, rotate them and remove them. Anything you placed on a page moves and turns with it. Undo and Redo, or Ctrl+Z and Cmd+Z, cover every step.

Questions

Can I edit the existing text in my PDF?

Not directly. The editor adds content on top of the pages. Cover the old text with whiteout and type the replacement over it.

Can I add text to a scanned PDF?

Yes. A scan is a picture of the page, and text boxes sit on top of it like on any other page.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. You can place and drag objects with a finger in any modern mobile browser.

Does adding text send my PDF to a server?

No. The PDF is opened and rebuilt on your device, with no account and no watermark on the file.