Open and display PDFs
Open any standard PDF with high-fidelity rendering that preserves the original layout, fonts, and images. Supports multiple documents in separate tabs.
Desktop PDF Editor for Windows
Every feature you need, nothing you don't
WysePDF covers 90% of what you actually do with PDFs — viewing, annotating, organizing, filling forms, OCR, and more — without the complexity or subscription cost.
Page Management
Merge PDFs
Combine two or more PDF files into a single document. Preserves page dimensions, content, and annotations. Handles password-protected source files.
Split PDF
Extract a specific page range into a new document. Split by every N pages into multiple files. Preserves all content and annotations.
Reorder pages
Drag and drop thumbnails to rearrange page order within a document.
Delete pages
Remove one or more selected pages. Prevents deleting all pages — at least one must remain.
Rotate pages
Rotate selected pages by 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise.
Insert blank pages
Add blank pages at any position. Choose from standard sizes (Letter, A4, Legal) or enter custom dimensions.
Insert image pages
Insert an image file (PNG, JPEG, BMP, TIFF) as a new PDF page at any position, scaled to fit the page dimensions.
Annotations and Markup
Text boxes
Add editable text boxes anywhere on a page. Configure font family, size, color, and background. Resize and reposition by dragging.
Shapes
Draw rectangles, ellipses, lines, and arrows. Configure stroke color, width, and fill color. Move, resize, or delete after placement.
Highlights
Highlight selected text with a semi-transparent color overlay. Choose from yellow, green, blue, pink, or orange.
Sticky notes
Place sticky note icons at any location. Click to open a text popup for comments. Collapse to icon when closed. Drag to reposition.
Image signatures
Place a signature image on any page. Upload a signature image or draw one with mouse/stylus. Save signatures for reuse across documents.
Overlay Text Editing
Cover-and-replace editing
Select a region to cover with a white rectangle, then type replacement text over it. A practical approach used by most lightweight PDF editors.
Font matching
Configure font family, size, and color of replacement text to match the surrounding content.
Adjustable cover region
Resize the white rectangle to precisely cover the target content.
Editable until saved
Overlay edits remain editable objects until the document is saved, at which point they are flattened into the page content.
Form Filling
Automatic field detection
Detects interactive form fields (text inputs, checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns) when opening a PDF with AcroForm data.
Text field filling
Click and type in text input fields.
Checkbox toggling
Click to check or uncheck checkbox fields.
Radio button selection
Click to select radio button options.
Dropdown selection
Choose from dropdown option lists.
Form reset
Clear all filled values and reset the form to its original empty state.
Persistent values
Filled form data is saved when the document is saved.
OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
Scanned document processing
Run OCR on image-based PDF pages to extract text using the Tesseract engine.
Invisible text layer
Generates a hidden text layer positioned over recognized text regions, making scanned pages searchable and selectable without altering the visual appearance.
English language support
Supports English text recognition. Additional languages can be added via Tesseract language data files.
Progress reporting
Displays current page and total page count during processing.
Graceful failure handling
If OCR fails on a specific page, it skips that page, continues processing the rest, and reports which pages failed.
Searchable PDF output
After OCR, the document's text search and text selection features work on the processed pages.
Export
Export pages as images
Render selected pages as PNG or JPEG image files.
Configurable resolution
Choose output DPI: 72 (screen), 150 (draft), 300 (print quality), or 600 (high quality).
Batch export
Export multiple pages at once with sequential file naming (page_001.png, page_002.png, etc.).
Visual fidelity
Exported images match the on-screen rendering quality.
PDF Compression
Reduce file size
Compress PDFs by downsampling images and removing redundant data.
Three compression levels
Low (minimal quality loss), Medium (balanced), High (maximum compression).
Results display
Shows original size, compressed size, and percentage reduction after compression.
Content preservation
All text, annotations, and form data are preserved during compression.
No-op detection
Informs the user when no significant size reduction is achievable.
Security and Password Protection
Set password
Encrypt a PDF with a user password (required to open) and optional owner password (controls editing permissions). Supports AES-128 and AES-256 encryption.
Change password
Verify the current password and re-encrypt with a new one.
Remove password
Verify the current password and save the document without encryption.
Separate user and owner passwords
User password controls opening access, owner password controls editing permissions.
Save, Undo/Redo, and Application State
Save and Save As
Save changes to the current file or to a new location. Persists all annotations, overlay edits, form field values, and page modifications.
Unsaved changes indicator
Document tabs show a modified marker (*) when there are unsaved changes. Prompts to save, discard, or cancel when closing.
Undo and redo
Reverse or reapply the last 50 actions per document. Supports undo/redo for annotations, overlay edits, page reorder, delete, rotate, and insert.
Recent files
Remembers the 20 most recently opened files. Displays them on the start screen. Automatically removes entries for files that no longer exist.
Window state persistence
Remembers window size, position, and maximized state between sessions.
System print dialog
Opens the native Windows print dialog with the current document.
Page range support
Print all pages, a specific page range, or just the current page.
Visual fidelity
Printed output matches the on-screen rendering.
UI and Productivity
Office-style Ribbon UI
A familiar interface with Home, Edit, Pages, Tools, and View tabs — just like Microsoft Office. No learning curve for Windows users.
File backstage
Quick access to Open, Save, Save As, Print, Close, and Exit from the File backstage panel.
Quick Access Toolbar
Save, Undo, and Redo always one click away in the Quick Access Toolbar at the top of the window.
Keyboard shortcuts
Full keyboard shortcut support: Ctrl+O (Open), Ctrl+S (Save), Ctrl+Shift+S (Save As), Ctrl+P (Print), Ctrl+Z/Y (Undo/Redo), Ctrl+F (Find), PageUp/Down, Ctrl+Home.
Drag-and-drop
Drop PDF files directly onto the application window to open them instantly.
Undo and redo
Reverse or reapply the last 50 actions per document. Supports undo/redo for annotations, overlay edits, page operations, and more.
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