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User Interface

The Home page of Systweak PDF Editor shows Recommended Tools for the user's ease. From here, you can easily perform the following operations:

• Open PDF
• Edit PDF
• Convert PDF
• Merge PDF
• Add Notes
• Compress PDF
• Sign PDF
• Protect PDF

Also, there are different tabs on the toolbar, giving you access to different features.

• A. File tab
• B. Annotate tab
• C. Edit PDF
• D. Views
• E. Pages
• F. Convert
• G. Secure
• H. Split
• I. Extract
• J. Remove
• K. Rotate
• L. Tools

Once you open a PDF, you can use the Search box to find specific text in the PDF file.

File Tab

Clicking on the File tab will give the following options:

• Open: You can open any PDF document you want to edit.
• Open Recent: You can see the list of recently opened PDFs and open it directly from here.
• Save: Save PDF after making changes.
• Save As: Save the PDF with a new one to avoid overwriting the existing PDF.
• Convert To: You can convert PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Image, HTML, Text, SVG, XPS, and PDF/A.
• Duplicate PDF: You can create a copy of the PDF to keep the original PDF document intact.
• Create Blank PDF: You can create and use a blank PDF.
• Print: You can print a hard copy of the document directly from the tool.
• Exit: Close the application.

Annotate tab

Clicking on the Annotate tab will give the following options:

• Highlight - Use this option to highlight important text.
• Underline - This option helps underline text where you need to draw attention.
• Strikethrough - Incorrect text or text you want to be removed can be marked using this option.
• Squiggly Line - Make the text stand out.
• Freehand Line - Use it to mark text, point towards important things, etc.
• Eraser - Using it, you can clear the freehand line drawn using freehand line option.

Edit PDF tab

Clicking on the Edit tab will give the following options:

• Add Text - Forgot to write something important? Using this option add text to the PDF.
• Edit Content - Regardless of whether you want to replace or delete the incorrect text, you can use this option.
• Text Callout - Create a text note with an arrow on the document that can point to a specific spot on the page.
• Add Image - Make your PDF files interactive by adding images.
• Add Notes - Insert sticky notes and note important points using this option.
• Sign PDF - Digitally sign PDF files.
• Stamp - Give reviewers a quick read on whether a document's been approved, edited, and more.
• Shapes - Add more specific details to your documents.

Views tab

Clicking on the View tab will give the following options:

• Actual Size - Resize the page to its size at a 100% zoom level.
• Fit Width - Resize the page to fit the width of the window.
• Fit Page - Resize the page to fit in the document panel.
• Scrolling - This is the default mode for viewing PDF pages. Use the mouse to scroll through the PDF.
• Single View - View one page at a time, allowing you to see edits and make changes.

Pages tab

Clicking on the Pages tab will give the following options:

• Rotate Clockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate PDF clockwise.
• Rotate Anticlockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate the PDF anti-clockwise.
• Remove - Want to delete a page? Select the pages and use the Remove option.
• Split - Do you want to split PDF? Select the pages you need > split them and create a new PDF.
• Extract - Create a new PDF by extracting pages from a PDF.
• Insert - this option helps insert PDF pages and also gives three options:

Duplicate Page

Blank Page

From PDF

Also, you can view PDF in three different views - Small, medium, and large view

Convert tab

As the name suggests, clicking on the Convert tab gives you the following options and allows converting and creating PDF in different formats:

Create PDF -

• Word To PDF
• Excel To PDF
• PPT To PDF
• Image To PDF
• Text To PDF
• PDF/A To PDF
• HTML To PDF
• SVG To PDF
• XPS To PDF

Convert PDF -

• To Word
• To Excel
• To PPT
• To Image
• To Text
• To PDF /A
• TO HTML
• To SVG
• To XPS

Batch Process -

• Batch Convert
• Batch Create

Merge tab

Clicking on the Merge tab allows you to add PDFs to merge.

Secure tab

Clicking on the Secure tab will give the following options:

• Protect - Lock the PDF with a password.
• Unprotect - Remove the password from the PDF so that you can open it without the extra step of adding a password.
• Mark for Redaction - Mark the sensitive information you want to protect from others.
• Apply Redaction - Click this option to apply redaction on selected text.
• Search & Redact - Use this option to search for the text for redaction and save time.
• Batch Process - Batch Protect and unprotect PDF files.

Using this option, you can protect and unprotect batch PDFs.

Split tab

Clicking on the Split tab will give the following options:

• Rotate Clockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate PDF clockwise.
• Rotate Anticlockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate the PDF anti-clockwise.
• Remove - Want to delete a page? Select the pages and use the Remove option.
• Split - Do you want to split PDF? Select the pages you need > split them and create a new PDF.
• Extract - Create a new PDF by extracting pages from a PDF.
• Insert - this option helps insert PDF pages and also gives three options:

Duplicate Page

Blank Page

From PDF

Also, you can view PDF in three different views - Small, medium, and large view.

Extract tab

Clicking on the Extract tab will give the following options:

• Rotate Clockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate PDF clockwise.
• Rotate Anticlockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate the PDF anti-clockwise.
• Remove - Want to delete a page? Select the pages and use the Remove option.
• Split - Do you want to split PDF? Select the pages you need > split them and create a new PDF.
• Extract - Create a new PDF by extracting pages from a PDF.
• Insert - this option helps insert PDF pages and also gives three options:

Duplicate Page

Blank Page

From PDF

Also, you can view PDF in three different views - Small, medium, and large view.

Remove tab

Clicking on the Remove tab will give the following options:

• Rotate Clockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate PDF clockwise.
• Rotate Anticlockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate the PDF anti-clockwise.
• Remove - Want to delete a page? Select the pages and use the Remove option.
• Split - Do you want to split PDF? Select the pages you need > split them and create a new PDF.
• Extract - Create a new PDF by extracting pages from a PDF.
• Insert - this option helps insert PDF pages and also gives three options:

Duplicate Page

Blank Page

From PDF

Also, you can view PDF in three different views - Small, medium, and large view.

Rotate tab

Clicking on the Rotate tab and change the orientation of PDF file using the following options:

• Rotate Clockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate PDF clockwise.
• Rotate Anticlockwise - Use this option to change the orientation and rotate the PDF anti-clockwise.
• Remove - Want to delete a page? Select the pages and use the Remove option.
• Split - Do you want to split PDF? Select the pages you need > split them and create a new PDF.
• Extract - Create a new PDF by extracting pages from a PDF.
• Insert - this option helps insert PDF pages and also gives three options:

Duplicate Page

Blank Page

From PDF

Also, you can view PDF in three different views - Small, medium, and large view.

Tools tab

Clicking on the Tools tab will give the following options:

• Merge PDF - Create a single PDF by merging multiple PDFs.
• Compress PDF - This option allows you to compress PDFs that are too large in size making them easy to share.
• Bookmarks - Mark the pages you want to revisit and avoid scrolling through the entire document.
• Batch Process - Use this option to perform different operations like:

Batch Convert

Batch Create

Batch Protect

Batch Unprotect

Batch Compress