Re: free app to modify pdf files

Op 14/06/2025 om 21:17 schreef Marion:

On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 19:57:34 +0200, sobriquet wrote :
 

What's the best free app to modify pdf files on android?
So not just viewing a pdf file, but actually making changes in it, like
filling out a form with additional information.
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

 I don't know the answer, so I hope someone pitches in with the answer.
 However, I know of another group you can ask, which is comp.text.pdf
  <https://tinyurl.com/comp-text-pdf>
  <https://tinyurl.com/nova-comp-text-pdf>
 In addition, you can easily convert a PDF to Microsoft Word where, if the
PDF is actual text (and not a bitmap image), you can edit it in MS Word.
  <https://calibre-ebook.com/download>
 In addition, there are also online PDF editors....
  <https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/pdf-editor.html>
 Looking for you in Skyica for an Android PDF editor
  PDFgear for Android seems to have the most free editing of PDFs I think
  Sejda PDF Editor apparently has some free editing limited by size
  iLovePDF is better for merging & splitting but it does some edits for free
  Xodo PDF Reader & Editor apparently has "some" free PDF editing features
  PDFelement by Wondershare seems to have some elements of editing for free
  Foxit PDF Editor also has "some" PDF editing for free but not much
  Adobe Acrobat Reader only has the most rudimentary of free PDF changes
 Please note that while I've been using PDFs for longer than anyone here
most likely (since I started using PDFs before anyone knew about it - see
sig), I am NOT an expert on free PDF editors on Android by any means.
 Those on the c.t.p group *are* experts, so I will defer to them to help.
Please do let us know what works best for you as we learn from helping.
 

On the PC I've tried open office with a pdf extension, but that doesn't seem to work very well, though it might vary depending on the type of pdf.
With the pdf that I tried, I wasn't very satisfied with the free online version of ms-word either in the way it handled the pdf.
I'll give the free adobe pdf-editor webapp a try to see how that works.