Free PDF Editor Online: Edit Pages, Add Text & Images

Visually preview, zoom, drag, drop, and annotate your PDF documents directly in your browser with real-time precision and professional typography.

Editing a PDF shouldn't feel like guessing. Whether you need to place a signature on a specific dotted line, redact sensitive information with a solid black box, or add a corporate logo to the header, you need total freedom over placement.

Our Advanced Drag-and-Drop PDF Editor gives you the power to modify documents visually. Simply upload your file, zoom in for precise placement, add text with custom fonts, insert images, or draw redaction shapes. Use your mouse or touchscreen to drag the elements exactly where they belong. All processing happens locally on your device, ensuring your sensitive data never touches a remote server.

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The Ultimate Drag-and-Drop PDF Editing Experience

The Portable Document Format (PDF) was created by Adobe in 1992 with one specific goal: to make sure a document looks exactly the same on every screen and printer in the world. To achieve this, PDFs lock data into place. Unlike Microsoft Word documents, where text naturally flows and wraps around images, PDFs store text as exact mathematical coordinates.

Because of this architecture, editing a PDF without visually seeing the page is like trying to paint a picture blindfolded. Our tool solves this by rendering a high-fidelity image of your document directly in the browser. You get the power of visual Drag-and-Drop editing, combined with the security of a desktop app.

How to Use the Visual PDF Modifier Tool

Our tool simplifies document manipulation into a modular dashboard. You can use the Live Visual Preview on the left to scroll through your document, drag elements into place, and dial in the perfect font size before committing to a download.

1. Visual Preview and Targeting

Using our visual viewer, click "Next" or "Prev" to scroll through the document exactly as it will print. Stop on the page you wish to modify. Any text or images you add will be applied specifically to the page you are currently viewing.

2. Precision Canvas Zoom

Need to sign exactly on a tiny dotted line? Use the Zoom (+) button above the preview canvas to enlarge the document up to 300%. You can then scroll around the enlarged document and drag your overlays with pixel-perfect accuracy.

3. Drag and Drop Custom Text with Professional Fonts

Typography matters when dealing with professional documents. You can choose between standard PDF fonts and combine them with professional weights:

• Helvetica (Sans-Serif): Clean, modern, and highly legible. Great for professional watermarks or filling in digital form boxes.
• Times Roman (Serif): The classic legal font. Best used for formal contracts and official paperwork.
• Courier (Monospace): A font that mimics a typewriter. Excellent for filling out older scanned forms where characters need to line up perfectly.

Type your text, adjust the size, pick a color, select a style (such as Italic or Bold), and simply drag the text box exactly where you want it on the page.

4. Document Redaction & Shape Tools

Before sending a PDF, you often need to hide sensitive information. Under the "Shape / Redaction Tool" menu, select "Rectangle", choose black as the color, and adjust the width to cover Social Security Numbers, addresses, or financial data. This creates a solid layer that perfectly masks the text underneath on the final download.

5. Insert Images with Infinite Scaling

Overlaying a scanned signature or a corporate logo onto a PDF often results in a massive image covering the entire page. Our Precision Scaling Slider solves this. Upload your PNG or JPG, drag the slider from 1% all the way up to 500%, and then drag the image to fit perfectly above the signature line.

6. Delete and Reorder Pages

Scanned documents often include blank pages, or perhaps you only want to send the first 3 pages of a 50-page contract to a client. Using the Manage Pages input, you can isolate exactly what you need.

• To keep only page 1, type: 1
• To keep the first five pages, type: 1-5
• To extract specific pages, use commas: 1, 4, 7-10

The final downloaded PDF will stitch these specific pages together into a new, continuous document.

The Ultimate Privacy Advantage: Client-Side Processing

If you search Google for "Edit PDF," you will find dozens of websites offering the service. But there is a massive hidden risk: Server Uploads.

Most online PDF editors require you to upload your file to their remote servers. The server processes the edit, and you download the result. This means your tax returns, legal contracts, medical records, and NDA agreements are sitting on an unknown company's hard drive.

Our PDF Editor & Annotator operates completely differently. It utilizes Mozilla's pdf.js engine for visual rendering and the pdf-lib JavaScript library for document manipulation. When you upload your document, it is loaded directly into your web browser's local memory (RAM). The visual rendering and the final file edits happen directly on your machine's processor.

• Zero Server Uploads: Your private documents never leave your computer or phone.
• Instant Processing: You don't have to wait for large multi-megabyte files to upload or download over the internet.
• No Data Harvesting: Because we don't receive your files, we cannot store, view, or sell your data.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why can't I extract my document's exact font?

PDFs do not store complete font files; they only store mathematical subsets of the exact letters printed on the page. Because the rest of the alphabet doesn't exist inside the code, you cannot type new words with the original font. We provide the 12 standard PDF base fonts to ensure your edits look professional.

Does adding an image support transparent PNGs?

Yes! If you upload a PNG file with a transparent background (like a scanned handwritten signature), the transparency is fully supported and preserved when stamped onto the PDF.

The tool failed to process my file. Why?

The most common reason for a failure is that the PDF is heavily encrypted or requires a password to open. Our tool cannot bypass Adobe security encryption. You must remove the password from the file before uploading it here to make modifications.

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