Need to edit, convert, sign or reorganize PDFs without a pricey suite? LightPDF for Windows handles all of those. Its desktop tools cover page editing, scanned-document OCR, annotations, signatures, forms, and reading.
LightPDF edits text, images, links, and pages
Open a PDF to change its text, adjust fonts or colors, and modify the placement of text and images. LightPDF can also add, replace, or remove images and links. For page design, the editor includes controls for backgrounds, headers, footers, and watermarks.
Page tools cover inserting, rotating, deleting, extracting, replacing, and splitting pages. Merge separate PDFs into one document, or compress a file when a smaller document is needed.
OCR turns scanned pages into editable documents
LightPDF turns PDFs into Word documents and other editable files, and can create PDFs from other documents. For scanned documents, OCR recognizes printed content so it can be edited or converted. Recognition supports more than 20 languages.
- Convert a scanned PDF into an editable format.
- Create a PDF from a document in another format.
- Use OCR when a scan contains text that needs to be selected or revised.
Annotations, signatures, and forms stay in the PDF workflow
Mark up documents with highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, comments, and drawn shapes. Freehand sketches can be added with a mouse; annotation colors and line thickness are adjustable.
For signing, LightPDF accepts handwritten, typed, image-based, and digital signatures. Create or import signatures, manage them in the app, and place one across multiple pages. The form tools create and fill fields such as text boxes, checkboxes, and combo boxes, with options to import or export form data.
Reading tools include split views, bookmarks, and search
LightPDF’s reader offers split and scrolling view modes, plus bookmarks and document search. Readers can highlight passages or add comments while reviewing a file, keeping reading and annotation tools together.
Pros
- Edits PDF text, images, links, backgrounds, headers, and watermarks
- Converts PDFs to Word and applies OCR to scanned files
- Offers typed, handwritten, image-based, and digital signatures
- Includes form creation, page management, bookmarks, and search
System requirements: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
Can LightPDF make a scanned PDF editable?
Yes. Its OCR recognizes scanned text and can convert the document to an editable format.
What kinds of changes can I make to a PDF?
You can edit text, images, and links; manage pages; add annotations or signatures; and create or fill forms.
Can I merge or compress PDF files?
Yes. LightPDF includes tools to combine PDFs and compress them.
