7 best free and easy-to-use PDF editing software on laptops and computers

Using PDF to present documents is quite convenient, but to edit PDF files is a bit difficult. Tnhelearning.edu.vn would like to introduce to you 7 best and easy-to-use PDF editing software in the article below.

Sejda PDF Editor

Sejda PDF Editor is one of the very few PDF editing software that allows users to edit PDF documents without watermark.

Most software will only allow additional text editing, or will support editing existing text but then the watermark will appear everywhere.

Also, the tool can run completely in a web browser, so it’s easy to use without having to download any programs. However, you can download the laptop, desktop version if you want.

Advantage:

• Can edit existing text and add custom text.
• Online editing software that allows you to download PDF files from other websites.
• Support adding hyperlinks.
• Includes a signature add tool.
• Allows you to insert blank pages into PDF files.
• It is possible to delete pages from a PDF file.
• Supports blanking out sections of the page.
• Can insert images and icons into PDF files.

Defect:

• Can only be used on three PDFs per hour.
• Limited to PDF files under 200 pages.
• Do not edit PDF files larger than 50 MB.
• Works with: Windows, MacOS and Linux.

There are some differences between the online version and the desktop version that you should be aware of:

– The desktop version supports more fonts and does not allow you to add PDF files by URL or from online storage services such as online editing software (supports Dropbox and Google Drive).

– Another feature supported by Sejda’s PDF editor is a web integration tool that allows PDF creators to provide links to others. Just click to automatically open files in this online PDF editing software.

– All uploaded files are automatically deleted from Sejda after five hours.

– Tip: Both Sejda’s online software and desktop versions can be used to convert PDF to Word or Word to PDF. Open the Tools section of the program to find that conversion option.

Inkscape

Inkscape is a hugely popular free image viewing and editing software, but it also includes PDF editing functions that most dedicated PDF editing software only support in the paid editions.

Inscape is a great image editing program, but you probably shouldn’t use it if you’re new to programs like this. It is similar to GIMP, Adobe Photoshop and other image editing software.

However, if used for editing PDFs, Inkscape should only be considered if you want to delete or edit images or text in a PDF. You can then use another tool on this list to edit the PDF form or add shapes as needed.

Advantage:

• PDF text can be edited.
• Graphics manipulation support.
• Includes a lot of image editing tools.

Defect:

• The number of graphic editing tools can overwhelm the tools for editing PDF files.
• Works with: Windows, macOS and Linux.

PDFescape Online PDF Editor

PDFescape is an excellent online PDF file editor with many features. It is 100% free as long as the PDF file to be processed does not exceed 100 pages or 10 MB in size.

– Allowing PDF files to be edited on a website doesn’t mean you can actually change the text or edit the images, but you can add text, images, links, form fields, and more.

– Customizable text editing tools. You can choose the size, font style, color, alignment, and make the text bold, underline, or italic.

– You can also draw on PDF, add notes, put spaces on anything you want to make them disappear and insert lines, check marks, arrows, ovals, circles, rectangles and comments .

– PDFescape allows you to remove individual pages from PDF, rotate pages, crop sections of pages, rearrange the order of pages and add more pages from other PDF files.

– You can upload your own PDF file, paste the URL into the PDF file online and create your own PDF.

– When finished editing, you can download the PDF file to your laptop or computer without having to create a user account. You only need to create this account if you want to save documents online without downloading them.

– PDFescape has an offline PDF editing feature also called PDFescape Editor, but it’s not free.

Advantage:

• Works online through a web browser.
• Lots of tools are provided.
• Allows you to add your own text and images.
• Can delete and add PDF pages.

Defect:

• The current text cannot be edited.
• Do not edit large PDF files.
• Works with: Any operating system.

PDF-XChange Editor

There are some really great PDF editing features in PDF-XChange Editor, but not all of them are free to use. If you use the non-free feature, your PDF document will have a watermark on every page.

However, if you are only interested in the free features, you can still edit some files and save them to your laptop or computer.

– PDF files can be downloaded from laptop, computer, URL, SharePoint, Google Drive or Dropbox. The edited PDF can be saved back to your laptop, computer or any file hosting service.

– PDF-XChange Editor has a lot of features, so it can be overwhelming for new users. However, rest assured that all the options and tools are simple and categorized into their own sections for easier management.

– One cool feature is the ability to highlight all form fields so it’s easy to see where you need to fill out information. This is really useful if you are editing a PDF file with a lot of forms, like a sorting application.

– Although there is a watermark present in the free version, this program allows you to edit existing text, add new text to an existing PDF file and add or remove pages from the document.

– You can download this program in portable mode to use on a flash drive or as a regular installer.

Advantage:

• Use OCR to identify text in PDF files.
• Various shapes and images can be imported.
• Support adding QR code to PDF.
• There is a portable version.

Defect:

• Many features require a fee.
• Works with: Windows.

Smallpdf Online PDF Editor

One of the fastest ways to add images, text, shapes or signatures to a PDF is with Smallpdf. This is a website that makes it easy to upload a PDF file, make changes, and then save it back to your computer without having to create a user account or pay for any features.

Advantage:

• All features are free.
• Allows you to add text to PDF.
• Can put whitespace on the areas you want to remove.
• Support image import.
• PDF files can be downloaded and saved from a variety of sources.

Defect:

• Does not allow you to edit existing text.
• Works with: Any operating system.

FormSwift’s Free PDF Editor

FormSwift’s Free PDF Editor is a really simple online PDF editing software you can use without creating a user account.

Uploading a PDF file to the website and using the menus at the top of the page to quickly perform some basic PDF editing functions before downloading it to your computer is simple.

When you’re done editing the PDF, you can download it as a PDF, print it directly to a printer, or save the PDF as a Microsoft Word DOCX document.

Note:

– PDF to DOCX conversion doesn’t always work smoothly, but it makes up for it with nicely formatted images and fully editable text.

– Another FormSwift feature at formswift.com/snap allows you to quickly edit or sign PDF files from your phone by taking a picture of the document. You can then share or download the PDF when done. It’s not 100% perfect as almost anything done through a web app is a weakness, but it will still work if you’re patient.

– You can also upload Word documents and images to FormSwift if you need to edit them.

Advantage:

• Everything is free and no user account is required.
• Leave no watermark.
• Existing text and images can be deleted or edited with white or black space.
• Allows you to insert your own images.
• It is possible to add your own custom text to the PDF.
• The circle, check mark and “x” icons can be placed over any text.
• Supports highlighting everything on the page.
• Easily type, draw or upload your signature.
• Works with: Any operating system.

Defect:

• The current text cannot be edited.
• There’s no easy-to-access undo button (but you can delete what you’ve done).
• Can only upload PDF files from laptop, computer (not support uploading from Google Drive or Dropbox).

PDFelement Pro

PDFelement Pro is free software but has one huge limitation: there will be a watermark appearing on every PDF page. However, it does support some really great PDF editing features.

This program is a really great PDF editor without the watermark appearing on every page in the PDF file.

However, depending on what you need to edit your PDF file, the watermark weakness can be considered ignored.

Advantage:

• Allows direct editing of PDF’s text.
• Supports adding custom images, links and watermarks.
• The background of PDF pages can be edited.
• Header and footer can be added.
• Supports merging multiple PDF files into one file.
• PDF pages can be cut into multiple files.
• OCR support.
• Can insert, extract, delete and rotate PDF pages.
• Makes it easy to edit embedded forms.
• You can use a password to protect PDF files.

Defect:

• The free version has a watermark on every page.
• Works with: Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.

Hopefully with the above ways, it will be easier for you to edit text in PDF files!