We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. Image: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic People who use a Chromebook are likely familiar with at least a couple of common ways to work with the Portable Document Format (PDF) created by Adobe in 1993 that preserves a document’s layout and design. Receive a PDF in Gmail? Open it to display the file or save the PDF to Google Drive. Want to find a PDF on Google Drive? Search for text in PDFs stored on drive.google.com. Need a PDF for a meeting? Attach or link to a PDF in Google Calendar event details. Show
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Follow the steps below to use a Chromebook to create, annotate and extract text from a PDF–all with native Google apps and tools. If you need additional PDF editing capabilities, you might also explore the third-party apps mentioned below. Open your Chromebook and sign in to get started! SEE: Google Sheets: Tips and tricks (TechRepublic download) How to use Save or Print to create a PDFWhen you edit within Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drawings, choose File | Download | PDF Document (.pdf) to create and save a PDF version of your document (Figure A). Figure A Jamboard also offers a Download As PDF option from the three vertical-dot menu. When you use this method to create a PDF, the system saves the item into your device’s default download location (e.g., chrome://downloads/). Alternatively, you may create a PDF from Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drawings file with File | Print | and then select Save As PDF for the Destination (Figure B). Ctrl+P from a web page brings up this option, too. The File | Print method allows you to select a location to store the PDF file. Figure B How to open a PDF from the Files app to annotateYou may annotate PDFs on a Chromebook from the Files app (Figure C).
Figure C 4. From the left-side menu of the Files app you may browse My Files (items stored on your device) or your Google Drive files (items stored on Google Drive). Navigate to the PDF you want to edit, then click or tap on it to select it. Figure D 6. To switch from View to Annotate mode, select the pen icon in the upper-right corner (Figure E). This activates a menu with five icons: A pen, a highlighter, an eraser, an undo button, and redo button. The pen and highlighter options both allow you to adjust color and line width. You may use the above PDF annotation tools from the File app for any file you can access while offline, as well. Figure E How to open a PDF with Google Docs to access textWhen you open a PDF stored on Google Drive with Google Docs, the system converts the PDF into images and text in a Google Doc.
Figure F If the PDF contains complex images and layouts, it may not necessarily display accurately. However, PDF files that are primarily text, such as articles or books, are more likely to provide access to the contained text. Other Chromebook PDF editing optionsThird-party apps, such as Kami and Adobe Acrobat, offer even more powerful PDF editing capabilities to people who use a Chromebook (Figure G). Figure G People who need to work offline (as well as online) might explore Kami, which includes markup, comment, text, equation, and shape tools, along with PDF split and merge functions. Kami offers a free basic plan, a professional plan, discounted pricing for teachers, as well as plans that include features often used in the legal profession, such as Bates numbering. People who use Chromebooks that support Android apps could consider the Adobe Acrobat Android app, with many features available for free, although an upgrade (approx. $9.99 per month) adds editing capabilities. Acrobat is also available as part of Adobe’s Creative Cloud subscription service. Your experience?Do you often work with PDF files on a Chromebook? What tools do you use to view, annotate, or edit PDFs on your Chromebook? Let me know your favorite PDF Chromebook apps (for online or offline use) either in the comments below, or on Twitter (@awolber). Google Weekly NewsletterLearn how to get the most out of Google Docs, Google Cloud Platform, Google Apps, Chrome OS, and all the other Google products used in business environments. Can I sign a PDF on my Chromebook?Make annotations
You can easily add text or drawings to your PDFs, or sign docs using free-hand annotations. To add text anywhere in your PDF, in the menu at the top of your screen, select Text . To add drawings and sign docs, select Annotate and make your edits with the pen, highlighter, and eraser tools.
How do you sign a document on a Chromebook?Sign a document. Open the email notification and click the embedded link to open the document.. To begin signing, click Sign which will open the document into a PDF viewer.. Click Sign.. Type your full name.. Click Adopt and sign.. Once you have completed all Signature fields, click Mark Complete.. How do I fill and sign a PDF on Chrome?Navigate to the Sign documents online page. Click the Select a file button or drag and drop a file into the drop zone. Select the PDF document you want to use. Use the toolbar to fill in the form fields and add your PDF signature.
How do I insert a signature in a PDF file?Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click on Fill & Sign in the Tools pane on the right.. Click Sign, and then select Add Signature. A popup will open, giving you three options—Type, Draw, and Image. ... . Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader. ... . Click on Fill & Sign in the Tools pane on the right.. |
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