Microsoft Edge already has a PDF reader that offers various annotation features such as highlighting, drawing, and reading aloud. Microsoft is now adding another useful feature to this Edge browser, namely the feature to add text to PDF files.
Now you no longer need to rely on third-party tools to fill out forms or offer feedback to your team. Today, we will learn how to add text to a PDF file using Microsoft Edge so that you can fill the form smoothly without leaving the browser.
Before we get started, keep in mind that currently the new add text to PDF file feature is available in Edge Dev and Canary builds. If you want to try this feature, please download the Dev and Canary versions of Edge browser from here.
How to Add Text to a PDF File Using Microsoft Edge
1. First of all, right click on the PDF file that you want to add text to and select Open With > Microsoft Edge. You can also drag and drop PDF files to the Edge browser.
2. On Edge PDF editor, you need to click on the button ” Add text ” , as shown in the screenshot below.
3. Now you will see a floating text box along with the formatting options. The text box will have three options – Text color, Text size, Text spacing options.
4. Next, click on the section where you want to add new text. Start typing the text that you want to add.
5. If you want to change the color, click on the color options shown below and select the color of your choice.
6. To adjust the text size, you need to click on the button ” increase or decrease ” . To enlarge the text click the button increasewhile to shrink the text press the button decrease.
7. The text box also has a text space option. You can adjust text spacing to give space between letters.
8. When finished editing, click the icon ” save ” in the upper right corner to save the PDF document.
There he is! Finished. This is how you can add text to PDF files using Microsoft Edge browser.
Microsoft PDF Text Input Features: Supported Languages
According to Microsoft, you can add text to PDF files in the following languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Dutch
- France
- Italy
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Basque
- Bosnia
- Catalan
- Croatia
- Czech
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Philippines
- Finland
- Galician
- Hungary
- Iceland
- German
- Indonesian
- Ireland
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malay
- Norway
- Portuguese
- Romania
- Scotland
- Slovakia
- slovenian
- Sweden
- Turkey
- Vietnamese
- Wales
That’s the tutorial on how to add text to a PDF file using the Microsoft Edge browser. Hopefully this article is useful for those of you who need it. Thank you for visiting and don’t forget to share it with your friends too.
