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Edit PDF Tools

Interactive tools to add text, drawings, freehand sketches, geometric shapes, sticky notes, and whiteout overlays.

What Edit Tools Do

Editing tools provide interactive canvas controls to annotate and modify PDF pages. Add new text boxes, highlight key paragraphs, draw freehand lines with precision pen tools, overlay geometric shapes (rectangles, circles, arrows), attach sticky notes, or whiteout sensitive information.

Tools in this Category (18)

Edit PDF

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Interactive PDF editor to add text, drawings, shapes, and annotations.

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Add Text

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Place text overlays, titles, and paragraphs anywhere on PDF pages.

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Add Image

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Insert and position images or logos onto PDF document pages.

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Add Shape

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Insert rectangles, circles, arrows, and custom shapes into PDFs.

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Draw on PDF

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Freehand drawing tool with pen width and color controls.

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Pen Tool

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Precision pen tool for smooth freehand drawing and sketching.

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Eraser

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Erase drawings, shapes, or added text overlays from PDF pages.

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Highlight PDF

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Highlight text and key sections with translucent highlighter colors.

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Underline PDF

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Add underline annotations to document text.

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Strikethrough PDF

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Add strikethrough lines over PDF document text.

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Add Arrow

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Draw directional arrow pointers onto PDF document pages.

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Add Line

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Draw straight lines with custom stroke thickness and color.

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Add Rectangle

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Draw rectangular boxes and frames on PDF pages.

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Add Circle

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Draw circular or elliptical annotation overlays.

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Add Polygon

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Draw multi-point polygon shapes on PDF pages.

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Sticky Notes

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Place yellow or custom sticky note comments on PDF pages.

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PDF Comments

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View and add text comments to document pages.

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Whiteout PDF

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Cover sensitive areas or text with a white opaque block.

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Common Workflows

  • 1Annotate PDFs with yellow highlights, underlines, and sticky comments.
  • 2Draw freehand notes or sketches directly onto lecture slides.
  • 3Whiteout sensitive account details or personal information.
  • 4Add geometric boxes and arrow callouts to technical diagrams.

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