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1. #HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB PDF#
3. #HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB UPDATE#
4. #HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB FULL#
5. #HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB SOFTWARE#

#HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB PDF#

PDF is now an open standard that is maintained by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and allows links, buttons, form fields, audio, video, and much more. It is a file format that was created by Adobe in 1991 originally to, according to Adobe, “give people an easy, reliable way to present and exchange documents – regardless of the software, hardware, or operating systems being used by anyone who views the document.” PDFs were created to make it easy for anyone anywhere to receive a document and print it. If you’re not aware, PDF stands for “Portable Document Format”. To do that, you must use either Acrobat or Google Docs. Once again, this is by design to protect the content in a document like a contract!Īs you can see, plugins like DocHub or LuminPDF are great for adding things to a PDF but will not enable you to edit the core content. It is important to note that you are not able to edit the text in the PDF. Now you’re able to edit your document and do things like add a signature, highlight, etc. You will then be asked to grant permissions to the email of your choosing (I chose my EditorNinja email):

If you just need to sign a PDF in Google Drive, you can also connect HelloSign, DocuSign, and others assuming you are using Google Workspace, which is what Google Apps for Business has been rebranded to.Įditing a PDF with a Google Drive plugin is straightforward once you have your setup completed and know where to look.įor purposes of this article, we are going to use DocHub as our editor.Īfter your PDF is in your Drive, double click on it to bring up this view:Ĭlick “DocHub” (or LuminPDF if you prefer). While there are many Drive PDF editing plugins out there, the most common are:

#HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB HOW TO#

Once you’re done, I recommend renaming the document and then saving it as a PDF:Īnd voila, you’ve edited your PDF using Google Docs and then saved it as a PDF again! How to edit a PDF with a Google Drive pluginĪ second way to edit a PDF is within Google Drive using a plugin. Then your document will open as a regular Google Doc, where you can edit to your heart’s content. Then double click the file and select Open With -> Google Docs:

I’ve repeated the steps below in both my free personal Gmail as well as my EditorNinja paid Google Workspace (previously Google Apps) account just to make sure that they both work!įirst upload (or add) your PDF to your Google Drive by using File Upload under the “+New” button and then selecting the document: As far as I can tell, you can even do this with a free Gmail account and Google Drive. Google has therefore made it extremely easy to actually edit PDFs in Google Docs.

So, you could say that I know a lot more about Google than a lot of people.īut I have to admit that I am often still impressed by Google and how they constantly innovate in order to make the lives of their users easier, which also of course helps them take on competitors (in this specific case, Adobe) and get more market share.

#HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB FULL#

I’ve been around Google for a long time, with my former career before becoming an entrepreneur being full time in Search Engine Optimization. If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat and don’t want another subscription (some of you may have it with your workplace which is great, but there are many many people who need to edit PDFs and don’t have a license), Google Docs is going to be your solution. I chose Google:Īfter a few clicks, I was finally taken to my document within their Document Cloud where I can leave comments:Īnd I can even “draw” on it, such as leaving my signature: How to edit a PDF in Google Docs

Then they asked me to continue with a login I have. If that doesn’t make sense for you, Adobe does have an online based “PDF editor” which allows you to add comments/sticky notes, text, and drawings. You can get a full monthly subscription which runs $12.99-$14.99 per month (as of time of writing live page is here) depending on if you need all your devices:

#HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB SOFTWARE#

How to edit a PDF with Adobe Acrobatīecause PDF as a document type is originally an Adobe creation from co-founder John Warnock’s The Camelot Project, it makes sense that PDFs can easily be edited by using Adobe’s suite and specifically their app Acrobat DC.Īcrobat has been around for a long time, mostly in its original PDF Reader utility but more recently as a cloud-based software suite where you can also edit PDFs. If you simply want to mark it up to send back for edits, either Adobe Acrobat or the Drive plugins mentioned below work well also. This article will cover how to edit a PDF document on your computer.Īll of this said, the only true way to really edit a PDF in the full sense of all text is to use Google Docs and then resave it.

#HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN DOCHUB UPDATE#

This can be a frustrating experience if you don’t know how to make a PDF editable and then update it. From time to time in business you will be sent a PDF and need to edit it.