Work Smarter with PDFelement User Guide
PDFelement 11 User Guide
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Get Started with PDFelement
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Open PDF
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View PDF
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Create PDF Files
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Annotate PDF Files
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Edit PDF Files
- Import as Layers
- How to Add Vertical Text?
- How to Create Outlines for Text in a PDF on Windows
- Add Page Number to PDF
- Edit PDF Text
- Spelling Check in PDF
- Edit Images
- Edit Hyperlink
- Add Watermark to PDF
- Change Background in PDF
- Add Header or Footer
- Bates Number
- Flatten PDF
- Add Audios or Videos to PDF
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Combine PDF Files
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Organize PDF Files
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PDF OCR
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Convert PDF Files
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Fill PDF Form
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Protect & Sign PDF
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Print PDF Files
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Share PDF Files
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PDF AI Tools
- Summarize Multiple PDFs
- PDF Grammar Checker
- Knowledge Cards
- Customize AI Assistant
- Customize AI Prompt
- How to Use Intelligent Image Editing?
- Explain Content & Code
- How to Summarize a PDF to a Mind Map on Windows
- PDF to Markdown
- Proofread PDF
- Rewrite PDF
- Summarize PDF
- How to Get Side-by-Side Translation?
- How to Batch Translate PDFs?
- How to Generate Images With AI
- Chat with PDF
- How to Chat with Multiple PDFs
- Translate PDF
- How to Read Aloud PDF
- AI Content Detector
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How to draw on a PDF.
Drawing tools allow you to add different graphic elements into your PDF, such as rectangles, polygons, ovals, and other images. It is useful when you need to use an image to bring attention to a section of your document.

Draw on a PDF
- Rectangle
: A proofreading symbol used to indicate where something is to be inserted in a line.
- Oval
: To draw an oval or a circle with pressing the Shift key.
- Cloud
: To draw cloud shapes.
- Polygon
: To draw a closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
- Connected Lines
: To draw an open plan figure with three or more line segments.
- Line
: To mark with a line.
- Arrow
: To draw something, such as a direction symbol, that is similar to an arrow in form or function.
- Pencil
: To draw free-form shapes.
- Eraser
: To erase the pencil markups only, it cannot be used to erase other markings.