PDF guides: fill, sign, edit, redact

Short, practical guides to the jobs people most often need to do with PDFs, using Ali PDF Editor on a Mac or a Windows PC. Everything is done on your own computer; nothing is uploaded.

Forms

• How to fill out a scanned PDF form. Find the boxes, lines and check boxes of a scan in one click, type, tick, sign and save.
• How to fill in a PDF that is not fillable. Turn a flat form’s blanks into real fields, or type anywhere on the page.

Documents

• How to sign a PDF on Mac or Windows. A drawn, typed or photographed signature, placed in a click.
• How to edit the text of a PDF. Change a word or a number in the document’s own font.
• How to redact a PDF without uploading it. Black out private details so they are really gone.
• How to reorder, delete and insert PDF pages. Put a PDF in order, combine two into one.

Choosing a PDF editor

• An Adobe Acrobat alternative for forms. What each does best, and when $8.99 once is enough.
• Ali PDF Editor or Apple Preview? Where the free Mac app is enough and where it is not.
• Why an offline PDF editor. What happens to a document when you edit it online.