Enable users to edit text with ease — select, delete, resize, or customize fonts and colors — using an intuitive content editing UI seamlessly integrated into your app.

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How it works

Edit text in PDFs

Our PDF Content Editor enables you to automatically detect, edit, and rearrange text paragraphs within a PDF document.

step 1

Enter Edit mode, select the desired text box, and revise the text.

Step 2

Edit original text or add new text paragraphs to your PDF file.

step 3

Format text by adjusting the font style, size, and color, and save the changes for immediate results.

KEY FEATURES

Built-in content editing UI

Enable Content Editor in your app and take advantage of the tools provided by our prebuilt UI.

Text editor

Adjust the original text layer of any text-based PDF document, not just annotating it.

Text boxes

Highlighted text boxes visually signify editable paragraphs, simplifying resizing and repositioning.

Text tools

Dropdown menus in the toolbar allow users to select from different font styles, colors, and sizes.

Supported on

Web

iOS

Android

Mac Catalyst

MAUI

React Native

Flutter

visionOS

Document Engine

Electron

Related components

Annotations

Document Editor

Comments and Replies

Instant

Benefits

Bright green grass on rock symbolizes simplicity and efficiency, reflecting how our PDF SDK streamlines document manipulation and software development. Years of research and customer collaboration drive innovative solutions, empowering developers to reduce time spent on tasks and stay ahead of the competition.

Simplify text editing

Allow users to edit PDF text effortlessly — no third-party tools required.

Collaborate in real time

Empower users to add comments and replies to PDFs instantly, creating seamless, live collaboration directly within your app.

Edit PDF files with precision

Enable users to add, replace, or delete text in PDFs, just like in Word, while preserving a document’s original formatting and style.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Content Editor SDK and what does it do?

The Content Editor SDK is a powerful PDF content editor that enables users to edit the original text of PDF documents directly within your app or workflow. It allows selecting, deleting, resizing, and customizing fonts and colors in PDFs with an intuitive editing interface.

How does the Content Editor SDK simplify PDF editing?

Our SDK simplifies PDF editing by allowing users to modify the original text layer of PDFs instead of just adding annotations. Editable paragraphs are highlighted as text boxes for easy resizing and repositioning, and it includes dropdown menus for font style, size, and color selection, all integrated seamlessly into your app.

Which platforms support the Content Editor SDK?

The Content Editor SDK is supported on major platforms including Web, iOS, Android, Mac Catalyst, MAUI, React Native, Flutter, visionOS, and Electron, ensuring broad compatibility across devices and operating systems.

Can the Content Editor SDK help with real-time collaboration?

Yes! The SDK empowers users to add comments and replies instantly within PDFs, enabling seamless live collaboration directly in your app without needing third-party tools, which boosts productivity and communication.

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Easily transform PDFs into editable documents with a powerful PDF content editor

Edit text in PDFs

Enter Edit mode, select the desired text box, and revise the text.

Edit original text or add new text paragraphs to your PDF file.

Format text by adjusting the font style, size, and color, and save the changes for immediate results.

Built-in content editing UI

Adjust the original text layer of any text-based PDF document, not just annotating it.

Adjust the original text layer of any text-based PDF document, not just annotating it.

Highlighted text boxes visually signify editable paragraphs, simplifying resizing and repositioning.

Highlighted text boxes visually signify editable paragraphs, simplifying resizing and repositioning.

Dropdown menus in the toolbar allow users to select from different font styles, colors, and sizes.