How to edit PDF files on Android

With the right apps, you can easily edit PDF files on Android. Free tools are available to help you.

How to edit PDFs with an Android device

You can edit PDF documents on Android with special apps that are mostly self-explanatory.

• You can make simple markings with the free Adobe Reader. This allows you to highlight, underline and search for text passages. The app also supports simple freehand notes.

• Apps like ezPDF are more fully featured. For example, you can use the program to write text notes directly into the PDF. ezPDF also supports multi-colored freehand notes and extensive multimedia functions.

• If you want to merge several PDF files or convert a file format on your cell phone into a PDF, PDFCreator is the ideal solution.

• With Xodo PDF, you can save text documents as PDFs and then edit them using common tools.

How to edit text in PDFs for free

The extent of the editing options in a PDF depends entirely on the tool. If you want to not only comment on a text but also edit it like a text document, you have to proceed as follows.

• Adobe Acrobat offers the option of changing texts in PDFs in the paid version Adobe Acrobat Pro. But even with the free version from 2017, texts can be edited in Acrobat Reader.

• To do this, open the PDF document, go to “Tools” and “Edit PDF” and then click on Edit again.

• Select the text you want to change with the mouse and then type in the desired text.