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A complete set of PDF tools that runs on your PC. Tools marked Pro are part of PDF Coast Pro, a one-time purchase you can try free for 14 days. Everything else is free.

Edit and add content

Change what a PDF says, add your own content, and put headers, footers and numbers on every page.

  • Edit the existing text and fix typos in placePro
  • Replace, move and resize imagesPro
  • Batch replace text across a documentPro
  • Compare two versions of a document side by sidePro
  • Add text boxes, images and linksFree
  • Headers, footers, watermarks, page numbers and Bates numbers, editable laterFree
  • Page background colorFree
PDF Coast editing a residential lease: a paragraph is open for editing, with the Format text panel on the right and the Edit tools on the left.

Comment and review

Mark up documents and trade comments with people who use other PDF apps.

  • Highlights, underlines, strikeouts, notes, shapes and stampsFree
  • Highlights that snap to the words you selectFree
  • Comments and replies that Adobe Acrobat can openFree
  • Mark comments Accepted, Rejected or CompletedFree
  • Export a comment summary, and import commentsFree
  • Measure distance, perimeter and area, calibrated to the drawingFree
A lease in PDF Coast with a highlighted clause, a note, and the comment list beside the page.

Fill in and sign

Complete forms of every kind, sign them, and prove who signed.

  • Fill in interactive forms and flat, scanned formsFree
  • Open and fill dynamic forms that ask for another readerFree
  • Convert a dynamic form into an ordinary PDFFree
  • Draw, type or place your signature and initialsFree
  • Form totals calculated automaticallyFree
  • Sign with a digital certificate, and verify signaturesFree
  • Save a flattened copy so answers cannot be changedFree
  • Create fillable forms with your own fieldsPro
A volunteer sign-up form filled in with Sign in PDF Coast: typed answers, ticked boxes and a signature on the line.

Organize pages

See every page at once and put the document in the shape you need.

  • Reorder, rotate, duplicate, extract and delete pagesFree
  • Merge several PDFs into oneFree
  • Split by pages, page ranges, bookmarks or file sizeFree
  • Compress to make a file smallerFree
  • Insert blank pages, crop and resize pagesFree
  • Edit bookmarks and page labelsFree
The Pages view in PDF Coast showing the pages of an annual review as cards.

Convert

Turn almost anything into a PDF, and turn PDFs back into documents you can edit.

  • PDF to Word, Excel and PowerPointPro
  • Convert a set of PDFs, or a whole folder, in one runPro
  • Save pages as PNG or JPEG imagesFree
  • Export the text of a PDFFree
  • Images, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web pages and text to PDFFree
  • New blank PDFs, and PDFs from the clipboardFree
The Convert mode in PDF Coast, with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images and text on the left, beside a sales table.

Scan and recognize text

Get paper into PDF, then make the words on it searchable. Recognition runs on your PC.

  • Scan to PDF from a scanner, a feeder stack at a timeFree
  • Make scanned pages searchable with offline OCRPro
  • Ten languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and ArabicPro
  • Search the text of a documentFree
  • Search every PDF in a folder at onceFree
A scanned invoice in PDF Coast after text recognition, with the invoice number found by search.

Protect and redact

Remove what should not be shared, and control who can open the rest.

  • Redact text and areas permanentlyPro
  • Find and redact every match of a word or numberPro
  • Password protect with AES-256, or remove a password you knowPro
  • Remove hidden data before sharingPro
  • Open password-protected PDFsFree
A bank statement in PDF Coast with the account and routing numbers marked for redaction.

Read, listen and print

A fast, clean reader for every PDF, with no ads.

  • Single page, two-page and cover views, zoom to 1600%Free
  • Reading mode and a magnifying loupeFree
  • Read aloud with the voices built into WindowsFree
  • Turn a sideways scan upright on screenFree
  • Booklets, and 2, 4, 6 or 9 pages to a sheetFree
  • Posters across several sheets, and printing without markupFree
An annual review open in PDF Coast's View mode, with page thumbnails on the right.

Step-by-step guides

How to do the most common jobs in PDF Coast.

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