Edit the text in a PDF without converting it
Most "PDF editors" turn your document into a Word file, let you edit that, and turn it back. The fonts get swapped, lines reflow, tables drift, and what you download no longer looks like what you opened. Overtype edits the PDF itself: you click a line, type over it, and the new words are drawn at the same position, size and colour, in the typeface extracted from the PDF.
How to edit PDF text online
- Open the PDF. Choose it or drop it anywhere on this page. It is read inside your browser tab — nothing is uploaded.
- Click a line and type. Fix a typo, change a date, a price, a name, an address or a whole sentence.
- Fine-tune if needed. Size, bolder or thinner, letter spacing, colour and a small nudge left, right, up or down.
- Save. You get a normal PDF back, plus a short report of every line that was changed and how.
Why the result looks like the original
- Same font. The font program embedded in the PDF is pulled out and reused for your new words. When a letter you typed is missing from it, the closest matching typeface is used and the report tells you.
- The old words are really gone. The original text is deleted from the page's content stream, not hidden under a white rectangle, so it cannot be selected, searched or copied back.
- Same colour and background. Ink and page colour are sampled from the page, so coloured headers and tinted table rows stay right.
Private by design
The PDF is opened, edited and saved in your browser. There is no account and no upload. The only feature that talks to a server is the optional AI rewrite and translate, and it sends only the text of the lines it is working on — never the file, never an image of the page.
Questions
Is this PDF editor really free?
Yes. Opening, editing and saving PDFs is free and unlimited, with no watermark and no sign-up. The AI rewrite/translate feature has a free daily allowance.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The file is opened and saved entirely inside your browser tab. Only the optional AI feature sends the text of the lines you ask it to rewrite — never the file itself.
Will the edited text use the same font?
Usually yes: the font embedded in the PDF is extracted and reused. PDFs often embed only the letters they already use, so if you type a letter the file never had, a close matching typeface is used for that line and the save report says so.
Can I edit a PDF on my phone?
Yes. The editor works in Safari on iPhone and Chrome on Android, with a layout built for touch.
Can I edit a scanned PDF?
Yes — scanned pages are read with OCR in the browser first. See the scanned PDF page for details.