Docusign PDF Editor
Easily edit PDFs and send them out for signature
Combine full-featured PDF editing with industry-leading e-signature to go from first draft to final signature all within Docusign.
Lower total cost of ownershipStop paying for overpriced design suites and consolidate your document tools into one trusted platform.
Move from PDF edits to signatures in one clickTurn any desktop document into an active signature request instantly, eliminating manual downloads and re-uploads.
Secure documents with trusted Docusign workflowsEdit and prepare your files in an application that runs on the same secure platform you already use for signing.
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What can you do with Docusign PDF Editor?
| Feature | Feature description |
|---|---|
Create PDFs | Generate high-quality PDFs from almost any application, including Microsoft Office programs and web browsers. |
Export from PDF | Convert PDFs back into editable Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or image formats (JPEG, PNG, TIFF) and export them while preserving the original layout. |
Scan and OCR | Turn scanned documents into instantly searchable and editable PDFs with exact font matching via Optical Character Recognition. |
Editing and organization | Insert, reorder, organize, and delete pages. Modify text, fix typos, change fonts, and adjust or replace images directly within the PDF. |
Digital certificates | Apply and validate certificate-based digital IDs for specialized, highly secure document authentication and integrity verification. |
Request signatures | Send documents out to collect legally binding electronic signatures and track the status in real time. |
Share and review | Share a link to a PDF to collect group feedback using markup tools like highlighters, sticky notes, stamps, and freehand drawing. |
Redaction | Permanently black out and remove sensitive, visible information and hidden metadata (such as author info or hidden text). |
Compare PDFs | Compare two versions of a PDF to review differences. |
Security and password protection | Add security and password-protect your PDF files. |
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Docusign PDF Editor FAQs
Yes, you can edit PDFs with Docusign. We offer Docusign PDF Editor, a full-featured desktop app where you can upload PDFs and edit them (change text and images; add, remove, or rearrange pages; and more) and then send them out for someone else to sign all from within Docusign. Docusign also has a Quick Edit feature within eSignature for making smaller edits from within the eSignature flow.
A PDF editor is software you can use to create, edit, convert, organize, and manage PDF documents. Docusign PDF Editor lets you create a PDF, modify text and images in an existing PDF, convert files to and from formats like Word or Excel, redact sensitive information, compare two versions of a PDF, organize pages of a PDF, add security, and seamlessly send documents out for e-signatures.
To edit text and images in a PDF, open the file in Docusign PDF Editor. Then you can modify text, correct typos, change fonts, and adjust, replace, or reorder images and pages directly within the document.
You need Optical Character Recognition (OCR) when working with scanned paper documents or image-based PDFs. OCR converts flat scans into searchable, editable text while maintaining exact font matching.
You can insert, delete, reorder, and combine pages to merge PDFs with Docusign PDF editor. You can export PDF files back into editable Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or image formats while preserving the original layout and create PDF files from the Docusign PDF Editor app as well.
It depends on what you’re trying to do.
Browser-based PDF editors offer quick, accessible online editing directly within agreement workflows. Quick PDF editing is available in your browser within Docusign eSignature for making lightweight changes to your PDFs via Quick Edit.
Desktop PDF editors like Docusign PDF Editor provide full-featured standalone capabilities for advanced document creation, editing, and security. Docusign PDF Editor also allows you to send your contracts out for signature from within the same app after you’re done editing them.
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