How to Edit PDF Files

Access the Sejda site using a web browser. Sejda is a free online PDF editor. You can edit 3 files per hour using Sejda. Files can be up to 200 pages long or 50MB in size. Files that you upload for editing are usually automatically deleted after 2 hours.

• If 2 hours is not enough for you to finish editing the document, you can use the free LibreOffice Draw program to edit the PDF file. Or, you’ll use some of the features on Sejda to edit the PDF file and finish the rest in LibreOffice Draw.

Click Upload PDF file . It’s the green button in the middle of the page.

Select the PDF file and click Upload . This is to upload a PDF file that you can edit using Sejda’s online tool.

Add text to the file. To add text to a PDF file, you’ll click the icon that says Text at the top of the page, then click where you need to add text and start typing.

Edit existing text. Unlike many other free PDF editing tools, Sejda allows you to edit both existing text and new text added to a PDF file. To edit text, simply click on the text to edit and start typing. You can add or remove text. Use the icon above the text input box to change the text format. You can use several options to change the text format as follows:

• Click B to make the text bold.
• Click I to make the text italic.
• Click the “T” icon next to the arrow and drag the slider to change the font size.
• Click Font to select a new font in the selection box.
• Click Cpor (Color) to choose a color for the text.
• Click the trash can icon to delete the text input box.

Add the link to the page. Paths allow you to provide a URL to another page. Follow these steps to add the path to the PDF file:

• Click Link at the top of the screen.
• Click and drag over the area where you want to add the path.
• Copy and paste the URL you want to link to in the “Link to external URL” field.
• Click Apply Changes .

Add a table element to a PDF file. Click Forms at the top of the page to see a selection list with elements that you can add to the PDF file. These are interactive and non-interactive table component options. Click one of the table elements displayed in the menu and click where you want to place the table in the PDF file. The tabular elements in the menu include:

• Click the “X” icon to add an X to the PDF file.
• Click the checkmark icon to add a check mark to the PDF file.
• Click the dot to add a bullet point to the PDF file.
• Click the “ABCD” box to add a single-line text input box to the PDF file.
• Click the “ABCD” small box to add a multiline text input box to the PDF file.
• Click the circle icon with the dot to make a selection dot for the PDF file.
• Click the check box icon to add the check box to the PDF file.
• Click the selection box icon to add the selection box menu to the PDF file.

Add images to PDF files. Follow these steps to add images to a PDF file:

• Click Image at the top of the page.
• Click New Image .
• Select the image you want to add and click Open to upload.
• Click where to add the image.

Add signature to PDF. Follow these steps to add a signature to your PDF:

• Click Sign at the top of the page.
• Click New Signature .
• Type your name in the text input field at the top of the page.
• Click the signature style.
• Select Save .
• Click where you want to put the signature.

Add a highlight, strikethrough, or underline effect to text. You can do the following steps to add highlight, strikethrough, or underline text effect to PDF:

• Click Annotate at the top of the page.
• Click one of the colored circles next to “Highlight”, “Strike out”, or “Underline”.
• Click and drag your mouse over the text you want to highlight, or add a strikethrough or underline.

Add shapes to PDF. To add shapes to the PDF, you would click Shapes at the top of the page and click Ellipse or Rectangle . Next, click and drag your mouse over the location where you want to add the shape. The following are the editing options typically displayed on shapes:

• Click the line icon to choose a border size for the shape.
• Click the square icon to choose a border color for the shape.
• Click the circle icon to choose a color for the shape.
• Click the two overlapping squares icon to duplicate the shape.
• Click the trash can icon to delete the shape.

Draw on PDF file. Here are the steps to help you draw on PDF files:

• Click Annotate .
• Click one of the colored circles next to Draw .
• Click and drag to draw freely on the PDF.

Click Insert page here to add a new page. This is the button displayed at the top and bottom of each page. Click the button at the top of the page to add a new page before the current one. Click the button at the bottom of the page to add a new page after the current one.

Remove the error operation with the following steps:

• Click More at the top of the page.
• Click Undo .
• Click the check box next to the step you want to delete.
• Click Revert selected .

Click Apply Changes . It’s the green button at the bottom of the page. Click this button when you are done editing the PDF. Thus, the website will start processing your PDF file.

Click Download in green at the top of the page. This is to download the edited text to your computer.

• Or, you can click one of the icons to save the text to Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, rename the text, or print the text.