How to Edit a PDF on Chromebook

Most Chromebooks do not come with a PDF editor app by default, but there are Chromebook PDF editors that you can access using your Chrome web browser. Most free PDF editors technically allow “editing” of PDF files, but few allow full editing that includes existing text, images, and other elements of the document. The editors below are full PDF editors for Chromebook. Any of these solutions work well to edit a PDF on Chromebook if you prefer to use a browser based solution. Select the PDF file, and you’ll see the file name appear in a list. Select the dropdown next to Open PDF and select Convert to Word. This will process the PDF file into a Docx file. Download the file and you can edit it in Word, and then save it back to PDF format if you like.

Chromebook PDF Editing

Since Chromebook is web-based, you’re limited to browser-based PDF editors. If you only want to add text, images, and other elements to your PDF document, all of the following free online PDF editors will work for you.

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Any of these are great solutions when you just need to fill out a PDF form that someone sent you, or if you want to add new text, drawings, images, or other elements to an existing PDF document. You can also use Google Play to install PDF editor apps on your Chromebook.