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How to Type on Scanned PDF

When editing documents with pdfFiller, you can be sure that every word and every number is exactly where it should be. Your documents will be legible, neat and tidy. With pdfFiller, you can type text on scanned PDF files and format them online without downloading or installing any software. To get started, upload a PDF to your account. Any PDF document is instantly editable in pdfFiller. In the main toolbar, select the Text button, click where you’d like to place text and begin typing.

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To type text on scanned PDFs online, click the arrow icon in the mini toolbar above. While holding down the mouse button, drag the content where you’d like to place it. Change the text size by using the tree icons above or by selecting from the drop-down list in the formatting toolbar. You can underline, italicize or make text bold in a scanned PDF.

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You can also change the font type and text color by choosing from the respective drop-down lists in the formatting toolbar.

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To type on a scanned PDF document, you don’t have to type, you can simply copy it from any other document. To link text to a web page, click the Hyperlink button.

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In the dialog window that will open next, type the URL of the web page, then click Save.

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To delete text in a PDF scan, just click the trash can icon in the mini toolbar. When you have finished editing, click the Done button in the top right corner and email, print or save your document. To learn more about how to type text on a scanned PDF document online, please watch the following video:

When you use pdfFiller to type on scanned documents in PDFs online, you create legible, professional-looking documents. And even better, you save yourself a lot of time! If you like being able to add text to PDF documents online, you might be interested in a lot of other great features that pdfFiller has to offer. Some of these include creating templates, making copies of documents, converting PDF documents to Word, Excel or PowerPoint formats. Check out these tutorials to see the other great things that pdfFiller can do for you!

How to Type on a Scanned PDF

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To type on a PDF scan online, upload your document using pdfFiller's uploader.
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Choose the 'Text' button in the 'Edit' tab and start typing. You can place text by moving the text box.
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You can also add sticky notes, comments or text boxes to any PDF file and add text inside.
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Click the 'Signature' or 'Picture' buttons to sign your document or insert an image.
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To create a fillable PDF document or form, click the 'Add Fillable Fields' tab on the right and add fillable fields for text, signatures, images or more.
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When you're done with typing, click the 'Done' button and email, print or save your document.

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What Is a Scanned (Image) PDF? PDF documents can also be created by scanning a paper document into an electronic format. This is done by using a scanner, or similar machine, that takes an image of a paper document and then stores this image as an electronic PDF file. The result is a scanned PDF document.
Choose Tools > Create PDF > Scanner > [document preset]. Note: Click Scan. If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages, Scan Reverse Sides, or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.
You can generally visually determine if a document is a scanned document by enlarging the picture on your screen and looking closely at the text. A scanned image will appear to have much poorer resolution, when looked at closely, than electronically created PDF document.
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