How to edit a PDF online without installing programs

Editing a document in PDF format can be very frustrating for users if they do not have the appropriate tools. This is something that almost everyone has to face at some point, since many PDFs need to be edited in order to present them as official documents, for example.

In this article we are going to show you step by step how to edit a PDF and add images online without installing programs so that it is as easy and fast as possible. There are different websites that facilitate this task and one of them is smallpdf, so the first step is to open this website in the browser.

From the website you can upload the PDF file to edit in two ways: by dragging and dropping the PDF file directly into the indicated area on the page; or by clicking ‘Select File’ and browsing the PDF on your computer. Smallpdf will process the file and convert to word format. This process may take a few seconds depending on the size of the file.

Once the conversion is complete, the user will be able to download the resulting Word file by clicking on the download button and it will open it on their computer with their regular text editing program (Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, etc).

To add an image to this file the user must go to the place in the Word document where they want to insert the image, go to the ‘Insert’ tab and click on ‘Images’. From here you just need to find the image on your computer and adjust its size and position (by dragging the control points that appear around the image).

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

The quality of the conversion can vary depending on the complexity of the original PDF layout. PDF documents with tables, graphs, or complex formatting may require additional adjustments in Word.

Likewise, if the PDF is scanned or contains text that cannot be selected, it may be necessary to activate the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) option in Smallpdf. This option allows convert text from images to editable text. The user can choose between different output formats, such as DOCX (Standard Word Format) or RTF (Rich Text Format).

Smallpdf is free (in its ‘basic conversion’ function) and easy to use, thanks to a simple and intuitive interface. Furthermore, the conversion process is usually very fast and the Files are deleted from your servers after conversionas detailed by the company through its website.

In short, by following these steps the user will be able to go from PDF to Word and personalize them even more by adding images. You can also convert your PDFs to PowerPoint to create more dynamic presentations; send PDFs by email or upload them to online platforms without size problems; and fill out forms in PDF format directly online.

OTHER SMALLPDF FEATURES

This tool also allows reduce the size of a PDF file without losing quality which is ideal for sending files by email or uploading them to online platforms. Additionally, although it is not a complete PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat, it allows perform some basic editing like rotating pages join or split files or add watermarks.

Lastly, the user can convert your PDFs to other formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG or PNG. And vice versa, you can convert files from these formats to PDF, at the same time as the tool that provides the possibility of creating PDF from several files or images.