PDF text editor (without glyph surgery)
Import a PDF, rebuild paragraphs, edit them like a doc, and export a fresh PDF. All local. No pretending a PDF is a Word file.
Reality check
Stop doing random glyph surgery
If you want “edit PDF text like Word”, you import the PDF, reconstruct paragraphs, edit that model, and export a new PDF. Anything else is a reliability dumpster fire.
Pipeline
pdf.js → TipTap → pdf-lib
Import with pdf.js, heuristics rebuild paragraphs, TipTap gives real editing, and pdf-lib draws a fresh PDF with pagination.
Truth in labeling
Not perfect fidelity
Multi-column layouts, embedded fonts, rotated text, tables, and scans need more heavy lifting (layout analysis, font extraction, OCR). This tool keeps the sane 90%.
How it works
- Import: pdf.js extracts text; heuristics rebuild paragraphs. No uploads, no server round-trips.
- Edit: TipTap (ProseMirror) gives you bold/italic/underline, lists, headings, page breaks — actual word-processor behavior.
- Export: we paginate and draw text into a brand-new PDF via pdf-lib. Clean output, no patching the source file.
Limits (so you are not surprised)
- Multi-column, tables, and complex reading order: needs a smarter layout analyzer.
- Custom embedded fonts and ligatures: needs font extraction/matching to hit fidelity.
- Images and forms: not imported into the doc model here.
- Scanned PDFs: needs OCR; this tool assumes selectable text.
Frequently asked questions
Are my PDFs uploaded anywhere?
No. All parsing, editing, and export happens in this tab. Nothing leaves the browser.
Is this "editing the PDF" directly?
No. We import the PDF, reconstruct paragraphs, edit them like a document, and generate a brand-new PDF. Patching glyphs in-place is how you get broken output.
Will layout match perfectly?
For normal single-column docs, mostly yes. Multi-column layouts, custom embedded fonts, rotated text, tables, and scans need heavier analysis/OCR that is out of scope here.
Does it work offline?
Yes. After the page loads, everything runs locally. Downloads are generated in-memory.
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