✍️HOW TO EDIT PDF FILE IN GOGGLE DRIVE

Abu_harib · 发表于 2019-05-06 23:06:07

[br][br] For filling in forms and editing layout, you might want to download your PDF from Drive and use one of those apps. But Google Drive can work in a pinch.[br][br]Google Drive makes it easy to convert any PDF into a Google Doc, and and the built-in optical character recognition (OCR) will even extract text from images.Here's how to get started.[br][br]Preview Any PDF in Google Drive[br][br]Open [a href="https://drive.google.com/?utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier"]drive.google.com[/a] in your browser. You can click-and-drag the PDF from your file browser, or you can click New followed by File Upload and browse to the file you want to upload.[br] [br][br][br]Once the file uploads, you'll see it among your documents.[br][br]Click the PDF to see a preview.[br][br]You can read the entire PDF from here. The downside: You can't make any edits or even fill out fillable forms. You also can't copy text that was scanned into a PDF.[br][br]Convert a PDF File to a Google Doc[br][br]Google Drive can automatically transform any PDF into a Google Doc, allowing you to edit the text as you will. Even text in images will transfer over to this document, thanks to Drive's [a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en&oco=1&utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier"]built in OCR capability[/a][br]First open the document preview, as shown above.[br][br][br]Click Open with ] Google Docs.[br][br] [br][br]Google Drive will automatically convert the PDF to a document you can edit.[br][br] [br][br]Google Drive will now smack your PDF with an ugly stick, removing all images and generally ruining the layout. Still, this is a very quick way to extract the text from a PDF. And the built-in OCR support means you can use this method to convert a series of scanned images into text in just a couple of clicks.[br][br]Open PDF Files Using Third-Party Readers[br][br]Google Drive doesn't offer any PDF editing, meaning you can't do things like fill out forms or change a PDF's layout. You can preview a PDF, you can convert a PDF to a Docs file, and that's about it.[br][br]There are third-party apps you can connect with Google Drive for editing PDF files. To get started, open a PDF, then click Open With ] Connect More Apps.[br] [br][br][br]From here, you can add a third-party web application, allowing it to open PDFs from Google Drive. [a href="http://kamihq.com/?utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier"]Kami[/a] works well for filling out forms and adding annotations while [a href="https://www.luminpdf.com/?utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier"]Lumin PDF[/a] is a solid editor. Try them out and see if they work for you.[br][br]Want to learn more about Google Drive? [a href="https://zapier.com/apps/google-drive/"]Check out our Google Drive overview[/a] for more tips like this, and a variety of ways you can integrate Google Drive with other apps[br][br]©Abu_harib[br][br]The future is now!!! [br][br][br][br]