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How to edit a PDF on your phone: add text, fill in forms, draw, add pictures and pages, save the file where you can find it, and compare free PDF editors.

All · 30Document scanning · 19PDF editing on iPhone · 10Signing PDFs on iPhone · 5Text recognition (OCR) · 5App comparisons · 6Going paperless · 8
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PDF editing on iPhone· 9 min read

How to add a page to a PDF on iPhone: blank, photo or scan

A form arrives with a page missing, or a contract needs one more page for signatures. How to add a blank page, a photo page or a scan to a PDF on your iPhone, and how to check the result.
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PDF editing on iPhone· 10 min read

How to make a PDF on iPhone from paper, photos, notes and pages

A form to send back, a receipt, a page of notes or a web page: your iPhone can turn each of them into a PDF without a computer. Here are the six built-in ways, which one fits what you start from, and when a scanner app is the better choice.
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PDF editing on iPhone· 10 min read

How to print to PDF on iPhone from Safari, Mail and more

A booking page, an email receipt, a note: your iPhone can turn any of them into a PDF from the Print screen, with no printer. The steps for each app, and how to check the file.
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PDF editing on iPhone· 10 min read

How to edit a signed PDF on iPhone without breaking it

A missed date on a signed lease, a typo in a freelance contract. How to edit a signed PDF on iPhone when the signature is a drawing, and what to do when it is a certificate.
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Text recognition (OCR)· 10 min read

How to search a PDF on iPhone: Safari, Chrome, Books and scans

One clause in a long lease, one word in a manual. How to search a PDF on iPhone in Books, Safari and Chrome, and why a scanned PDF finds nothing until it has a text layer.
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PDF editing on iPhone· 10 min read

How to save a PDF on iPhone and find it again when you need it

A PDF that only lives in an email is gone the moment you lose signal. How to save it to the Files app from Mail, Safari, Messages or a scan, and find it again.
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App comparisons· 10 min read

The best free PDF editor for iPhone: what each app gives you for free

Five free PDF editors for iPhone side by side: what you can type, sign and draw for free, what a paid plan adds, and where your files live.
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Signing PDFs on iPhone· 9 min read

How to sign a PDF on iPhone and send it back in minutes

A lease, a permission slip or a contract arrives by email and needs your signature today. Here is how to sign it on your iPhone, with Markup or a PDF app, and send it back without a printer.
Hands holding an iPhone above a printed form and a receipt on a light desk by a window
Document scanning· 9 min read

How to convert photo to PDF on iPhone, free and in a minute

The photo of your form is in Photos, but the office wants a PDF. Three ways to make one on iPhone, from the hidden Print trick to a searchable, signed PDF.
Hands holding an iPhone above a printed form on a light desk near a window, with a pen beside the paper
PDF editing on iPhone· 10 min read

How to edit a PDF on iPhone: add text, sign and send it back

A practical guide to editing a PDF on your iPhone: when to type, when to sign, when to draw, and how the free Files app Markup compares with a full PDF editor.