PDF guides
How to get common PDF jobs done in Chrome, without uploading your documents to anyone. Every step below describes what Overtype actually does on your own device.
How to edit text in a PDF (without Acrobat)
Edit the real text inside a PDF in Chrome. Click a paragraph, type, and the words re-wrap in the document's own font — no uploads, no Acrobat.
How to redact a PDF properly (so the text is really gone)
A black rectangle is not redaction. Overtype deletes the underlying characters and verifies they are gone, entirely on your own computer.
How to white out text in a PDF
Cover text or marks in a PDF with a movable whiteout box, with adjustable colour and opacity, entirely in Chrome and on your own device.
How to fill in and sign a PDF
Type into a PDF form, tick checkboxes, and add a drawn or uploaded signature in Chrome. Nothing is uploaded, and you can flatten the form when you are done.
How to make a scanned PDF searchable and editable (OCR)
Run OCR on a scanned PDF in Chrome so the words become a searchable text layer. Recognition uses an English model and runs on your own computer, not on a server.
How to reduce a PDF's file size without losing text
Shrink an oversized PDF so it fits an email limit, while the text stays real text. Compression runs in Chrome, on your own device.
How to merge, split and reorder PDF pages
Combine PDFs, split one into separate files, insert or delete pages, and crop or resize to Letter or A4 — all in Chrome, with no uploads.
Why you should not upload PDFs to online editors
Uploading a PDF to edit it hands a copy of the document to a third party. Here is what that means, and how a local editor avoids it.