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How to Add Text, Notes and a Signature to a PDF
Fill in a PDF that has no form fields, add notes or highlights, and place a signature, all in your browser. Plus what an overlay PDF editor cannot do.
· 5 min read
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These tools cover the PDF jobs that come up most often: putting several files into one, pulling out a few pages, fixing sideways scans, stamping a watermark, adding a signature or note, and turning pages into images or plain text.
Open a PDF in your browser and add text, drawings, shapes, stamps, images, or your signature on top of any page. It works as an overlay, so the original text is not reflowed and nothing is securely redacted.
Open toolJoin two or more PDF files into one document, in the order you choose. Always skim the merged file afterwards, because forms, links, bookmarks, and digital signatures may not carry over.
Open toolType the page numbers or ranges you need (for example 1-3, 7, 10) and get them back as one new PDF. Duplicates are removed and pages are saved in ascending order.
Open toolRe-saves your PDF with a leaner internal structure and shows the real before-and-after size. Images are not downsampled, so a smaller file is possible but never promised.
Open toolTurn every page of a PDF, or just a continuous range, into a PNG or JPEG picture. Download pages one at a time or trigger separate downloads for all of them.
Open toolPut photos or scans on their own PDF pages, using A4, US Letter, or the image's own size. Pages follow the order in which you added the images; there are no reorder controls in the queue.
Open toolAdd a password to a PDF so only people who know it can open the file, or remove the password from a PDF you already have access to. Processing happens in your browser memory.
Open toolFix sideways or upside-down pages by turning them 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise, then save the corrected PDF so it opens the right way up everywhere.
Open toolStamp your own text across every page, such as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL. Control the color, opacity, font size and rotation angle, or tile it across the page.
Open toolPull the selectable text out of a digital PDF and get it back as plain text you can copy and edit. Scanned pages need the OCR tool instead, since they contain pictures rather than text.
Open toolSee every page as a thumbnail, drag pages into a new order, rotate single pages and delete the ones you do not need, then save a new PDF. The original file is not changed.
Open toolNumber the pages of a PDF in the corner or centre you choose, as 3, Page 3 or Page 3 of 10. Skip a cover page, pick the first number, size and colour.
Open toolEach tool opens the PDF inside your browser tab using JavaScript libraries, so the file is read from your device rather than sent to a conversion server. That keeps simple jobs quick, but it also means very large files depend on how much memory your device has. If a 300-page scan feels slow, split it into smaller parts first.
None of these tools rewrite the text inside a PDF. The editor adds content on top of pages, and the optimizer re-saves the file without shrinking images, so always open the result once before you send it anywhere important.
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