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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.
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Describe your taskHow 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
Fill in existing PDF form fields, add text to a flat form, and sign with 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.
How to fix a typo in a PDF
Fix a misspelled word inside a PDF in Chrome. Overtype removes the old letters and redraws yours in the document's own font — no uploads, no Acrobat.
How to change a date on a PDF
Change a date on an invoice, lease or contract PDF in Chrome. Overtype edits the real text in the document's own font, with nothing uploaded.
How to delete text from a PDF for real
Remove words from a PDF instead of covering them. Overtype deletes the characters from the file and the paragraph re-flows — all in Chrome, nothing uploaded.
How to replace text in a PDF without Adobe Acrobat
Replace words inside a PDF in Chrome without an Acrobat subscription. Real text edits in the document's own font, with find and replace, nothing uploaded.
How to fill out a PDF that isn't fillable
Type onto a flat PDF form in Chrome. Add text on any blank line in a matching font, tick boxes, or add real fields others can fill — nothing uploaded.