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Edit & annotate

Make changes and add information to a document.

• Edit PDF — Click any text to change it. Add notes, shapes, images and signatures.
• Edit a Word document — Open a .docx, edit it, and save it as Word or PDF.
• Annotate and highlight — Highlight, underline, strike out and add sticky notes.
• Add text and images — Place text, a logo or a picture on your pages.
• Fill PDF forms — Type into form fields and download the filled copy.
• Sign a PDF — Draw, type or upload a signature and click where it goes.
• Add page numbers — Number pages your way: format, position, start number.
• Header and footer — Dates, titles, file names and Bates numbers on every page.
• Add a watermark — Stamp CONFIDENTIAL or DRAFT across your pages.
• Edit document info — See or change the title, author and keywords inside a PDF.

Organize pages

Put pages and documents in the right order.

• Organize pages — See all pages at once; drag, rotate, copy and delete.
• Merge PDFs — Join several PDFs into one, in the order you want.
• Split a PDF — Cut one PDF into pages, ranges, sizes or chapters.
• Extract pages — Make a new PDF from only the pages you pick.
• Reorder or rotate pages — Fix the page order or turn sideways pages upright.
• Delete pages — Remove the pages you do not need.
• Crop pages — Trim margins or scanned borders.
• Alternate and mix PDFs — Interleave two PDFs, like front and back scans.
• Edit bookmarks — Add, rename or reorder the links readers jump with.

Convert files

Convert PDFs to and from everyday file formats.

• PDF to Word — Turn a PDF into a Word document you can edit.
• Word to PDF — Make a PDF from a Word file with its layout kept.
• PDF to Excel — Pull tables out of a PDF into a spreadsheet.
• Excel to PDF — Turn spreadsheet sheets into a tidy PDF.
• PDF to PowerPoint — Make one slide from every page.
• Images to PDF — Combine photos and images into one PDF.
• Scan to PDF — Photograph paper pages and get a clean A4 PDF.
• PDF to JPG or images — Save every page as a picture.
• Extract images from PDF — Save the pictures inside a PDF as they are.

Compress & secure

Reduce file size and manage document access.

• Compress a PDF — Make it smaller, or get under a size like 100 KB.
• Resize photo or signature — Exact pixels and KB for exam and job forms.
• Redact (black out) text — Remove Aadhaar, PAN, phone numbers or words for real.
• Repair a PDF — Try to rescue a damaged PDF.
• Recognize text (OCR) — Make scanned pages searchable, in 11 languages.
• Flatten a PDF — Turn form fields into fixed page content.

Review & print

Compare versions and prepare documents for printing.

• Compare PDFs — See every word added or removed between two versions.
• Print layouts (N-up, booklet) — Several pages per sheet, or a foldable booklet.