How to edit a PDF online without installing programs

September 5 (EDIZIONES/Portaltic) –

Editing a PDF document can be very frustrating for users if they don’t have the right tools. This is something that almost everyone has to deal with at some point, as many PDFs need to be edited in order to be presented as official documents, for example.

In this article we will show you step by step How to edit a PDF and add images online without installing programsso that it is as easy and fast as possible. There are different websites that make this task easier 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 be edited in two ways: by dragging and dropping the PDF file directly into the indicated area on the page; or by clicking on ‘Select file’ and browsing for the PDF on your computer. Smallpdf will process the file and will convert to Word formatThis process may take a few seconds depending on the size of the file.

Once the conversion is complete, the user can download the resulting Word file by clicking the download button and open it on his computer with his common text editing program (Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, etc.).

For add an image to this filethe user must locate the place in the Word document where he wants to insert the image, go to the ‘Insert’ tab and click on ‘Images’. From here, all that remains is to find the image on the 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 layoutPDF documents with tables, charts, or complex formatting may require additional adjustments in Word.

Also, if the PDF is scanned or contains text that cannot be selected, it may be necessary to enable 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. In addition, the conversion process is usually very fast and the Files are deleted from their servers after conversionas detailed by the company on its website.

In short, by following these steps the user will be able to convert pdf to word and further customize them 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 issues; and fill out PDF forms directly online.

OTHER FEATURES OF SMALLPDF

This tool also allows reduce the size of a PDF file without losing qualitywhich is ideal for sending files via email or uploading them to online platforms. Also, although it is not a full PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat, it does allow perform some basic editing like rotating pagesjoin or split files, or add watermarks.

Finally, 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 provides the possibility of creating PDF from multiple files or images.