PDF tools · Editor
Edit your PDFs: text, images, shapes and notes
Write on any page, place a stamp or a scanned signature, highlight, underline, add notes and draw. Everything you add is saved as real text, vector paths and PDF annotations, not as a picture of the page.
A PDF often needs only a small touch: a margin note, the registry stamp, a review date, an arrow pointing at the clause to fix or a scanned signature. Going back to the original file is not always possible, and printing and scanning leaves you with a PDF without text.
Anonimatum's editor adds those elements to any page without rasterising it: text stays real text, shapes become vector paths and highlights and notes are standard PDF annotations that any reader shows and colleagues can keep commenting on.
What it does not do is delete information. "White-out" hides content from view, but it is still in the file. When the document holds personal data that must not leave your organisation, the right step is Anonimatum's anonymization, on the same platform.
How to edit a PDF
- 1
Open "Edit PDF"
At app.anonimatum.com, inside PDF Tools, and upload the document.
- 2
Add what you need
Pick text, image, shape, highlight, note or drawing and place it on the page; move, rotate or resize it at any time.
- 3
Download the edited PDF
The PDF is generated on our EU servers and returned straight away, without keeping a copy.
Security
Your PDFs never leave our servers in the EU
The same safeguards as the anonymizer, also for merging, converting or compressing.
Our own servers in the EU
Every tool runs on Anonimatum servers in France and Poland (OVHcloud). No third-party services or APIs: LibreOffice and OCR run on our own server.
We don’t keep the document
The PDF is processed in memory and returned straight away. Conversions use a temporary folder that is deleted when they finish.
History under your control
Group activity (operation and file name) is deleted according to the retention your administrator sets, from 1 to 365 days. The audit log only keeps the SHA-256 fingerprint.
Access with your account
You sign in with your Anonimatum account, with two-step verification, and each use is deducted from your plan’s PDF tools quota.
ENS Medium category
Politeia Soft is certified under Spain’s National Security Framework (ENS), Medium category, and the platform is designed for the GDPR.
Next to the anonymizer
Merge, reorder or convert, then anonymize or pseudonymize the result on the same platform before sharing it.
What you can do
- Text boxes with font, size, colour, bold, italic and alignment
- PNG or JPG images (stamps, logos or scanned signatures) with size and rotation
- Rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows and freehand drawing
- Highlight, underline, strikethrough and notes as standard PDF annotations
- Page thumbnails, zoom, undo and redo, and keyboard shortcuts
- Light or dark theme and mobile use
Who it is for
Public administration
Annotate case files, add the registry stamp or mark the sections that need correcting.
Law firms and advisers
Point out clauses, leave notes for the client and add a scanned signature to a finished document.
Companies
Fill in flat forms, add the logo or a review date and send back the corrected PDF.
Education and training
Mark PDF assignments with highlights, notes and freehand drawings.
Why edit your PDFs with Anonimatum
A simple editor for documents that often hold delicate data.
Real PDF objects
Selectable text, vector shapes and standard annotations; the page is never turned into an image.
No third parties
Our own servers in France and Poland (OVHcloud), with no external APIs.
Clear about its limits
"White-out" warns that it does not anonymize and links to real anonymization.
Part of a full workflow
Edit, merge, number, sign and anonymize without leaving the platform.
Use cases
Request for corrections
A city council marks the incomplete sections of an application PDF and adds a note listing what is missing.
Contract review
A law firm highlights the clauses to negotiate, adds arrows and notes and sends the PDF back to the client.
Stamp and scanned signature
A company places its stamp and a scanned signature on a finished certificate.
Marking assignments
A teacher underlines, strikes through and comments freehand on assignments received as PDF.
Editing PDFs: frequently asked questions
Can I change the text already in the PDF?
No. The editor adds elements on top of the pages: new text, images, shapes, markup and notes. If you need to rewrite the content, convert the PDF to Word, edit it and convert it back to PDF.
Does "White-out" anonymize the document?
No. It only places a white rectangle on top: the text underneath is still inside the PDF and can be copied, searched or extracted. The editor says so and links to Anonimatum's anonymization, which is what really removes data from the document.
Can the text I add be selected and searched?
Yes. It is written as PDF text with a standard font, not as an image, so it can be selected, copied and searched. Shapes and drawings are vector paths, and highlights, underlines, strikethroughs and notes are PDF annotations that any reader shows.
Where is my PDF processed?
The page is shown in your browser and the final PDF is generated on Anonimatum's own servers in the EU (OVHcloud, France and Poland), without third-party services. The file is processed in memory, returned immediately and not stored.
Do I need an account? Does it use my allowance?
Yes. The tool is part of the Anonimatum App, requires an account and each download of the edited PDF counts as one use of your plan's PDF tools allowance.
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Get your next document ready without switching platforms
Open the App, go to PDF Tools and choose "Edit PDF".
Open the editor