Edit a PDF for Free, Without Uploading It

What the Edit PDF tool does

Most PDF editors redraw your correction in a lookalike font, so the change stands out. This one reuses the font that is already inside your PDF, at the same size, colour and spacing, so a corrected typo blends into the page.

It edits one line at a time and leaves the rest of the page exactly where it was. That makes it ideal for small fixes to your own documents: a wrong date on a CV, a typo in a cover sheet, a missing word in a form you have already completed.

How to use it in four steps

1. Open the PDF editor and choose your file. It is read on your device and never uploaded.
2. Pick Edit text, then click the line you want to change and type the correction.
3. Use Highlight, Draw, Box or Add text if you want to mark up the page.
4. Press Download PDF to save the edited copy. Your original file is not changed.

How students use it

• Fix a typo in a CV, personal statement or cover sheet before you send it.
• Highlight key passages in a journal article and add margin notes for your reading.
• Add a missing detail to a form you created yourself.
• Mark up a draft with comments before a tutorial or supervision meeting.

Good to know

• Use this only on documents that are yours, or that you have permission to change. Never alter transcripts, certificates, marks, references or another person's work. That can be fraud, and universities treat it as serious misconduct.
• It edits text that is really in the PDF. A scan or a photo is a picture, so there is no text to click.
• If you type a character the original font does not contain, only the words that need it use a close standard font. The editor tells you when this happens.