Type text onto any PDF page in your browser. Click to place a text box anywhere. Free alternative to editing PDF with OpenOffice. No upload, no sign-up.
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Reviewed 2026-07-12
Add Text to PDF lets you click anywhere on a PDF page and type — adding annotations, filling in fields that are not form fields, correcting typos in a document, or signing with a typed signature. No software installation needed; everything runs in your browser.
The tool renders each page using pdf.js and overlays a draggable text box. When you click Apply, pdf-lib embeds the text as a real PDF text element at the position you set, preserving the original page content underneath.
If you need a free alternative to editing a PDF with OpenOffice or LibreOffice, this tool covers the most common use case: placing typed text at specific positions on a PDF page without converting the document to another format first.
Yes. For the common task of typing text onto a PDF (filling forms, adding annotations, placing signatures), this tool does it entirely in the browser — no OpenOffice, LibreOffice, or installation required.
Yes. Click anywhere on the page to create a text box, then drag it to the exact position you want.
No. The entire editing and PDF assembly runs in your browser using pdf.js and pdf-lib. Your file never leaves your device.
Yes. Navigate between pages in the editor and add text boxes to each page independently before applying.
No. This tool adds a new text layer on top — it cannot select or modify the original PDF text content. For content removal, use the Redact PDF tool.
Browser tools can reorganize pages and add simple content without an install, but they are not full object-level PDF editors and cannot safely rewrite every paragraph, image, signature, or annotation.
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