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.

If you want to edit a text box in Google Docs on Android or iOS mobile devices or in Google Docs on the web, insert a table. The app offers the ability to edit the contents of a table on any device.

You can edit a PDF on your Mac with Preview, an app that's built-in to your computer from the start. You can use this program to edit photos, too.

If you're wanting to convert an image into text, Google Docs has a powerful Optical Character Recognition feature built right in. Here's how to make it work.

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.