Edit PDF

No. The PDF, your form values, texts, drawings, notes and signature stay entirely local in the browser - the export happens on your device too, and after the first load the editor works offline.

Yes. The "Edit text" tool changes recognized text right inside the PDF's content - click it, rewrite it, apply; multi-line paragraphs too, line-preserving. Because a PDF stores text as a fixed layout there is no re-wrapping; and if the original font cannot be reused, the changed line appears in a clean substitute font. Where that reaches its limits, the "Text" tool covers the exact spot for you to type over.

For the standard fonts (such as Helvetica, Times, Courier) yes - new characters use the existing font. Embedded font subsets, as found in PDFs from Word, Google Docs or browser printing, cannot take new characters: the changed line then appears in a clean sans-serif substitute font - real, selectable text, never an image. All lines you do not edit keep their original look unchanged.

If the PDF has fillable fields (AcroForm), they appear automatically right on the page: text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons and dropdowns. By default the form stays fillable in the export; the switch in the form tool flattens the fields permanently.

Yes. Notes are exported as real PDF comments that Acrobat and other viewers show as a popup; links become invisible, clickable areas that open the target URL.

A scan contains only a picture of the page, no embedded text. The editor reads the PDF's real text (no OCR). Run a scan through PDF OCR first, then open the result here.

Yes. On export the area under every cover is permanently removed from the PDF - the affected page becomes an image without a text layer there - regardless of the colour you chose (black by default). The original content can no longer be read out, copied or recovered afterwards, not merely hidden visually. For automatic redaction by search terms or patterns there is also the separate Redact PDF tool.

Helvetica, Times and Courier - each also bold and italic - as real, selectable text, plus the Dancing Script handwriting face. Handwriting and scripts outside the Latin alphabet (such as Cyrillic or Chinese) are placed faithfully as an image.

Yes - with gottrix, "online" just means "in your browser," not "on someone else's server." Your PDF never leaves your device; try turning on airplane mode, the editor keeps working.

Yes. The editor changes the page's real text content directly - no software install, no subscription, completely free in the browser.

Yes, on any device with a modern browser - Windows, Mac, Linux or Chromebook. There is no app to install, just the website to open.

No to all three: no account, no watermark, no limit on pages or actions per hour. The editor is completely free and unlimited to use.

Yes. Existing accessibility tags (the structure used by screen readers) survive editing - even if you rotate a page or change the page order. This is a purely technical description of what the editor does, not a statement about any particular conformance or certification.

Yes. An image that is already embedded in the uploaded PDF can be clicked and moved, resized or deleted directly - not just a newly inserted one. In many other free online editors this only works for a newly added image; an existing one there can often only be deleted and replaced, not resized.

Yes. A vector graphic or drawing that is already part of the page - for example a logo or a technical diagram - can be clicked and dragged to a different position on the page. That is rarely possible in other free online editors.

Yes. An annotation, highlight or note that is already placed can be clicked and then moved or resized - not just added new or deleted entirely. Most other online tools do not offer this: an existing annotation there can often only be removed, not adjusted afterwards.

The editor reads the page's actually embedded font file and keeps typing new characters in that exact font for as long as the font data allows - only when that is technically not possible, for example with the font subsets found in Word or browser exports, does the changed line switch to a clean substitute font. Other editors attempt something similar, but often match the original font less precisely.

About 100 substitute fonts, automatically matched to the original font's style (serif, sans-serif, monospace, italic or bold) - all of them local in the browser, just like the rest of the editor. Nothing is downloaded on demand for this and no font file is ever transmitted anywhere.

Yes, but not per element: in the export menu, "Print prep" has an "Export as CMYK" switch for the whole document. It converts vector and text colours to cyan, magenta, yellow and black approximately on export - a simple formula without ICC colour management, so colours can shift slightly. Embedded raster images are left unchanged.

Yes. "Print prep" in the export menu can add bleed at the width you choose, sets TrimBox, BleedBox and ArtBox, and draws corner crop marks - this happens before any encryption at export.

Yes, in the same "Print prep" window. On demand it checks whether all fonts used are embedded, whether RGB content needs a CMYK conversion, whether TrimBox and BleedBox are set, whether the document is encrypted, and which PDF version it uses. This is an informative checklist, not a formal PDF/X certification or official print approval.

No. The PDF/UA readiness overview in the accessibility panel checks tag structure, the XMP identifier, whether the document title is preferred for display, and whether embedded fonts are missing a ToUnicode mapping - it is guidance only, not an official certification. There is no automated PDF/UA certification check of that kind on the client side.

Yes - precisely because nothing about your file ever leaves your device. The editor runs entirely in your browser; client files, patient records or other especially sensitive documents are never transmitted to a server, neither gottrix's nor a third party's. In our assessment, a disclosure within the meaning of professional-secrecy statutes (such as Germany's Section 203 StGB) is therefore structurally not applicable, because no transmission ever technically occurs. This is a factual note, not legal advice - the assessment for your specific case is yours to make, together with your firm's or practice's own compliance guidance. The full legal reasoning for lawyers, doctors, tax advisors, government and organizations is set out in the Trust Center.

Yes. On export, the content under every cover or redaction is permanently removed from the PDF - the affected area becomes an image with no text layer, and the original content can no longer be read, copied or recovered afterwards. That applies both to the manual cover tool inside Edit PDF and to the automatic, pattern-based redaction in Redact PDF. For legal briefs, patient records or other confidential dossiers, that is a real removal, not merely a visual cover that leaves the underlying text intact.

No. Because your documents are processed exclusively in your own browser and are never transmitted to gottrix or any third party, no "processing" of personal data from your file occurs on our side within the meaning of GDPR Article 4(2) - and without processing, no data-processing relationship arises for which GDPR Article 28 would require a contract. This is a factual, architecture-based note, not legal advice; the assessment for your specific case is for your controller or data protection officer to make. The full reasoning for organizations and public authorities is set out in the Trust Center.