Add text to a PDF
Click anywhere on the page and start typing. Fill a gap, add a caption or complete a form that has no fields, the new text becomes a real, movable PDF object.
Drop your PDF here to start
to use Add text (free, no account)
Files stay private: PDFs and images are edited in your browser.
Real PDF objects
Added text is written into the document as genuine PDF text, selectable, searchable and printable, not a flattened image.
Position freely
Drop the text box anywhere, then drag it to the exact spot. Everything you add can be moved, edited again or deleted before you save.
Runs in your browser
Your file is processed on your device and only uploaded if you choose to save it to your drive.
Type where the form forgot a field
Add text drops a real text object where you click, and keeps it movable until the moment you save.
Click, then type
The dashed box is the live text object: it takes your keystrokes straight away, and can be dragged, retyped or deleted before you save.
Real text, not a picture of text
What you add is written into the document as genuine PDF text, so it survives everything a reader might do with the file.
Or the same line on every page
For a header, a footer, a watermark or numbering, the overlays panel writes it across the whole document in one pass.
Applied to every page at save time.
Need a page that is not there?
Add a blank page from the thumbnails panel, then type on it like any other page. The document keeps its numbering from there on.
Fill the gaps a form left behind
Many PDFs, contracts, tickets, administrative forms, arrive without fillable fields. The Add text tool lets you complete them anyway: click where the answer belongs and type it in.
Combined with the text editor, you can both correct existing content and add what is missing, in the same session.
Done in three steps
Upload your PDF
Drop the file above, it is read locally in your browser, never uploaded to a server.
Use the tool
The editor opens with the right tool selected. Make your changes in a couple of clicks.
Download the result
Save the finished PDF straight to your device. No account, no watermark, no wait.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Anything you add stays editable until you save: drag it to a new position, double-click to retype, or delete it.
Yes. It is written as real PDF text, so it prints and exports exactly where you placed it.
No hard limit, add as many text boxes as you need, on any page.