Everything you need to do with PDFs
One application for your entire PDF workflow – fast, clear and fully local.
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Edit text
Click into a paragraph and simply keep typing. Font, size and colour are preserved.
Edit PDF02
Highlight & annotate
Highlight, underline, strike through and add notes – in your colour.
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Select & delete
Select text, press Delete – the paragraph closes the gap cleanly. Ideal for removing outdated details.
Edit PDF05
Fill in forms
Click fields, type, tick boxes – including calculations and validation inside the form.
Fill PDF forms06
Text recognition (OCR)
Scanned pages become searchable, copyable text. Locally, no upload.
OCR PDF08
Compress
Shrink large files for e-mail and upload portals. The original stays untouched.
Compress PDFEverything in Standard, plus:
Everything in Standard plus pro tools: redaction, web forms, editable scans and marketing tools.
- Redact confidential content (permanently removed)
- Create web forms (add form fields)
- Convert scans into editable PDF files
- Marketing tools: generate flyers, social content and presentations from documents
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Feature set
Everything included. Already in Standard.
No feature puzzle, no add-ons: CtdPDF Standard contains the tools you need every day.
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View & search
Fast rendering, tabs, full-text search, bookmarks.
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Edit text
Change, delete and move text right in the document.
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Images & graphics
Select and edit pictures, logos and shapes.
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Highlight
Highlight, underline, strike through.
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Notes & comments
Attach notes and reply to comments.
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Draw
Freehand, shapes, arrows and stamps.
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Forms
Fill in forms including calculations.
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Signature
Handwritten or digital with a certificate.
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OCR
Make scans searchable and copyable.
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Office export
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text and HTML.
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Create PDFs
New PDFs from images and text.
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Merge
Combine several files into one.
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Split
Separate by pages or ranges.
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Organise pages
Insert, delete, rotate, reorder.
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Compress
Reduce file size significantly.
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Password protection
AES-256 encryption and permissions.
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Print
Own print dialog with live preview.
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Light & dark
Eye-friendly dark theme included.
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German & English
User interface in both languages.
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Local & offline
Your documents never leave your PC.
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