PDF Editor

The classic way to add to a PDF is absurd: print it, fill in or mark it with a pen, scan it, send it back. Yet all of this could be done straight on screen. PDF Editor lays a toolbar over your document that lets you place annotations without firing up the printer.

The text function places written notes or additions anywhere. For emphasis there is highlight, underline and strikethrough - exactly what you would otherwise do with a highlighter and a ruler, only clean and removable. That way you flag important passages in contracts or correct a draft.

For sketches and pointers there are shapes: rectangles and circles to frame something, arrows to point at a spot, and freehand drawing for anything that is not a straight line. Sticky notes attach a comment to a position that can be opened without covering the text.

Everything you place stays separate from the original content and can be moved or deleted again before you save. So you experiment freely until the annotations are right, instead of nailing everything down at once when printing.

For normal documents the editing runs locally in your browser, your PDF is not uploaded. When saving you can choose between a purely client-side output and a server mode, for example for large files. That keeps you in control of when and whether a document leaves your device.