In this tutorial, we will show you how to strikethrough text in a PDF document on Windows 11/10 using a freeware and an online tool.

Need to edit a PDF document but don’t want to pay for the more expensive Adobe editors? You can add text to and sign a PDF with just the free Reader program.

EaseUS PDF Editor offers a complete set of PDF-editing tools to add edits to PDF files on your Mac quickly and easily, and it even converts scanned documents to text.

That said, free users can make certain changes to PDF files without a paid plan. As a free user, you can add comments, highlight sections, draw on a document, add new text, and sign documents.

You can type on a PDF using one of several different options, depending on the device you are using.

In other words, Adobe Reader won't let you add text. What you need is a program that's a little more accommodating, PDF-wise. Try Foxit Reader 4.3, which allows you to add text to any PDF.

If you want to extract highlighted text from PDF file as a plain text file, then this post covers some good free PDF Highlight Extractor software to do that.

Removing text from a PDF isn't as easy as drawing a black bar across it. Fortunately, redaction tools let you truly erase sensitive text in Preview, Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, and PDFPen.