Learn how to edit a PDF on your iPhone from anywhere.
Whether you’re out and about, at the office or at home, it’s a cinch to make edits to PDF documents.
Your work life can be filled with PDFs from other contributors that require review and comments on your part. Your school life can also involve essays and other PDF documents that need tweaking to get just right.
From an essay for a school friend to a project with a work colleague, if you have a document to review you need the ability to annotate it with additions, deletions, changes, and comments. You can write freehand directly on a PDF, insert comments, and make more complicated edits and annotations.
You don’t need a desktop computer, special software, or even an app to make it happen.
No matter where you are, you can make that happen right on your iPhone with Adobe Acrobat online services.
Here’s how to edit PDFs on an iPhone.
Open Adobe Acrobat services in a browser and navigate to Edit PDFs with comments.
You will be prompted to sign in using a Google, Apple, or Adobe account.
Choose your PDF file on your iPhone.
- Start by tapping “Select a file,” which will allow you to navigate to the document you need, whether it’s saved on your phone or in the cloud.
- Choose your file and sign in.
Use tools to highlight, underline, or strike through text.
- Notice the vertical toolbar along the left side of the viewer. Click on an icon to view and select its functions from a dropdown menu. Whichever icon is currently highlighted is the function that will be applied to the next click of your mouse. The first icon is a typical mouse pointer or a hand icon that lets you click and hold to drag the entire image for easier viewing.
- You can also add text to the document, write comments, or place a sticky note. There’s even a drawing tool for making freehand markups.
Download the PDF file to your iPhone.
- When you’ve finished editing, you can download the file or share it with others. To share, either get a link or send an email by choosing the option from the “Share” menu.
How to edit a PDF using iPhone markup tools.
Another option is to use the native tools in the iPhone that allow PDF editing. You can rotate pages, add or delete pages, insert documents and photos, and add signatures and text.
In the Files app:
- Tap Files.
- Open a PDF file.
- Swipe from the left edge of the screen to the right to see the thumbnail page view.
- Select a page by pressing and holding on the page icon.
- Choose Rotate Left, Rotate Right, Insert Blank Page, Insert from File, or Scan Pages from the dropdown menu.
- To add signatures or text, open the Markup menu, and tap the plus (+) button in the bottom right corner.
In the Mail app:
- Open mail and tap the Compose button to start a new email or reply to an existing one.
- Tap inside the body of the email, then tap the gray arrow icon or tap Return to open the format bar. Another option is to tap inside the email, then tap the cursor and choose Insert Photo or Video or Add Attachment.
- Choose the Camera or Document button, then search for the PDF you wish to attach and edit.
- Choose the attachment, then the gray arrow icon. Choose the Markup button to edit the PDF. Tap the + button to add a signature, text, and more.
- Select Done, then send the email.
You can use a pen, highlighter, or pencil to edit your document and choose from different colors. If you tap the + button, you can also add text, signatures, magnifiers and shapes.
Examples of PDF files you can edit on your iPhone.
Now that you’ve edited the PDF on your iPhone, your project is that much closer to completion. In addition to the work and school scenarios described above, you can edit many different types of documents, including:
- Recipes
- Medical records
- Collectible lists
- Brochures
- Menus
- Marketing materials
- Business proposals
- Event invitations
- Event programs
- Newsletters
- Portfolios
- Information packets
In the years since the PDF format was invented by Adobe, it has become the go-to way to edit files. But there’s much more — explore everything you can do with Adobe Acrobat online services today to streamline work, personal, or educational needs.
