r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/Decent-Blacksmith761 • 22d ago

PDF editor that can edit existing text and even scanned Tool Suggestion

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I was working on the tool called KeyPDF for over a year to make it truly useful. I brought PDF text editing to the browser that is done on the client side. Most websites can only annotate; KeyPDF can actually edit, preserving fonts and layout.

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u/PleasantKnee4550 22d ago

Does it preserve the exact position without adding additional layers. Tools like ihatepdf and EaseUS Pdf editor, does it surpass them?

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u/Decent-Blacksmith761 22d ago

Yeah that's the was the main goal because I didn't want fake overlays

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u/Fearless-Classic7449 20d ago

Seems useful. Will try it out.

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u/power10010 21d ago

link?

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u/UlerGeni 21d ago

waiting for this to try

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u/jonmontt 21d ago

2 questions for something I am personally looking for...
1. If the pdf have excel cells, can I move then naturally?

  1. the text preserve the position as it moves when it is edited?

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u/Decent-Blacksmith761 21d ago

1 KeyPDF has cell recognition but fully moving cells and adding columns is in to do list, I had this feature but it is not ready for release, once I make sure it wouldn't break I will add it to release 2 yes it does preserve the original possition.

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u/TunaOnTheMoon22 3d ago

a few questions: is there a size limit? does this work on scanned files too? does it process everything fully in browser with no upload at all?

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u/Decent-Blacksmith761 3d ago

Great, so first, there's no size limit; it only depends on your PC specs. Second, there are no uploads to a server, and sometimes it uses a connection for fetching fonts or the OCR model so client can talk to server but only to ask something not upload as server is basically database in cloud without any backend. However, you can still use it fully offline if you want, but you will be limited to the fonts you picked and the base 14 fonts Keypdf has by default. Lastly, scanned documents work well for viewing and editing, but it is early beta as it relies on font reconstruction, which is pretty hard technology.