
Microsoft introduced a PDF viewer equivalent to Apple's excellent Preview app in Windows 8 called Reader. I personally have never used it so I can't speak to the quality of it, but it did exist. Microsoft did not release Windows 10 with a native PDF app.Īnd they’re easy to use. On Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android today, you can view PDF files with built-in tools. You can often highlight text, fill out forms, and even add basic annotations-but want to edit the text or replace an image in a PDF? That’s where things get tricky. We’ve tested fifteen PDF editors to find the best apps to both view and edit PDFs. Here are the apps to use the next time you need to tweak a PDF-along with tips to turn anything into a PDF.

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