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Find and replace text in a PDF
Fix a name, a date or a price that appears on many pages. PDF Reword finds every match and changes the text of the pages themselves, with no white boxes over the old words, in one step you can undo.
Drop a PDF here
or
- Replace one or all
- Match case, whole words
- One undo for all
How it works
How to find and replace in a PDF
Open the PDF
Drop the file on this page or choose it. The editor opens with the search panel ready.
Type what to find and what to put instead
Matches are highlighted on the pages and counted. Match case and Whole words only narrow the search.
Replace and download
Replace changes the current match, Replace all changes every one. A free account downloads the PDF.
What you get
A real replace, not a patch
The text itself changes
The old words are gone from the page: search and copying in any reader find the new ones.
Lines rewrap
When the new text is longer or shorter, the paragraph rewraps in the document’s own font and the blocks below move.
All at once, one undo
Replace all is one change: one step in the history, and Ctrl+Z brings every match back.
Nothing half done
If one match cannot be replaced, nothing is, and the editor says on which page and why.
FAQ
Questions and answers
Is the old text still in the file?
No. The words are replaced in the page’s content, not covered, so nobody can select or copy the old text from under the new.
Will the font stay the same?
Yes: the new words are set in the paragraph’s own font, size and color.
Which text can be replaced?
Text the PDF keeps as text, in any paragraph the editor can edit. Matches in text that cannot be edited are skipped, and the editor tells you how many.
Can I replace text in a scanned PDF?
A scan is a picture, so its words cannot be changed. Its text can be recognized (English or Ukrainian) to be searched and copied, but not replaced.
Do I need an account?
Not to find and replace. To download the PDF, create a free account.