Manage PDFs in Chrome

You can open, search, and edit PDFs in Chrome.

With the Chrome PDF viewer, you can:

• Highlight, annotate, or draw on a document.
• Fill out and sign paperwork.
• Take personal notes.

When you use the Chrome PDF viewer to access PDFs, scanned PDFs of physical documents are automatically converted to be searchable and selectable using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). After the conversion, you can highlight, search, copy, paste, and find text within the document. The conversion is completed on your device without sending any data to Google or third parties.

Manage page display of your PDF

1. On your computer, open a PDF in Chrome.
2. In the Chrome PDF viewer, you can:
   • Zoom in or out the page: Select Zoom in or Zoom out .
   • Adjust the page fit: Select Fit to page or Fit to width .
   • Rotate the page orientation: Select Rotate .

Annotate, highlight, and draw a signature on a PDF

1. On your computer, open a PDF in Chrome.
2. In the Chrome PDF viewer, you can:
   • Draw or highlight text:
     1. Select Draw .
     2. On the right panel, select a pen or highlighter.
        • To draw, select Pen .
        • To highlight, select Highlighter .
          • You can select your preferred size and color.
     3. To draw or highlight on the PDF:
        • For mouse: Click and hold while you drag the cursor.
        • For touchpad: Tap and hold while you drag your finger.
   • Erase annotations:
     1. Select Eraser .
     2. Erase annotation or highlight.
   • Draw a signature:
     1. Select Draw .
     2. On the right panel, select Pen .
     3. Select a size and color.
     4. To draw your signature:
        • For mouse: Click and hold while you drag the cursor.
        • For touchpad: Tap and hold while you drag your finger.
          • You can zoom in to the part of the document that needs the signature.
     5. Select Done.
   • Undo or redo an action: Select Undo or Redo .

Tip: When the browser window is smaller, the right panel doesn’t show and a compact panel shows at the bottom.

Related resources

• Download a file
• Print from Chrome
• Read pages later & offline