# Edit text in a PDF

> How to correct the text in a PDF with vivePDF: click a paragraph and change it, add a new text box and save the change, step by step.

URL: https://vivepdf.com/en/docs/edit-pdf-text/
Last updated: 2026-10-24

To change the text in a PDF, open it, click **Edit** in the strip on the right, click the paragraph you want to change and type. The font, size and colour are in the panel on the right; when you are done, press **Save** or **Save as…**.

1. Open the document in the Viewer and click **Edit** in the strip on the right. **Edit text** is selected in the bar at the top.
2. Click the paragraph you want to change; a frame appears around it. Correct the text as in any text box.
3. To add new text, click an empty spot on the page; a new text box opens there.
4. Change the font, size and colour in the **Edit** panel on the right. Press `Ctrl+Z` to undo a step.
5. **Save** (`Ctrl+S`) writes the change into the file itself; to keep the original, choose **Save as…** (`Ctrl+Shift+S`) and give the new file a name.

![Editing text: the delivery time in Clause 2 changed from 45 to 60 days, with the Layers panel on the right](https://vivepdf.com/shots/en/edit-1-1600.webp)

The **Layers** list on the right shows every text and picture on the page. The eye icon hides an item, and the lock icon keeps it from being changed by accident.

## Pictures and other items

Switch to **Edit pictures** in the bar at the top to move, resize, replace or delete the pictures on the page. The **Add** menu puts new items on the page, such as a text box, picture, shape, table, chart or formula.

> **Scanned pages have no text to edit**
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> A scanned page is one big picture. To edit its words, recognise the text with [OCR](https://vivepdf.com/en/docs/ocr/) first.

If you only want to remove some words and cover them with a box nobody can read, use [redaction](https://vivepdf.com/en/docs/redact-a-pdf/) instead of editing; edited text can survive elsewhere in the file.