Kazi PDF overview
Kazi PDF is a free PDF editor that works offline. Read, highlight, comment, sign, fill, merge, split, rotate, redact and export PDFs in your browser.
Kazi PDF opens any PDF and lets you work on it like a document, without uploading it anywhere.
What you can do
| Task | Guide |
|---|---|
| Highlight, comment, add text, draw, add shapes and stamps | Annotate and sign |
| Sign with a drawn, typed or uploaded signature, or a company seal | Annotate and sign |
| Merge PDFs, insert pages, reorder, rotate, duplicate, delete, extract and split | Organise pages |
| Add fillable form fields, edit text, and black out confidential information | Forms and redaction |
| Download a finished PDF, print, or export text to Word | Save and export |
Open a PDF
- Click + PDF for a blank PDF, or
- File → Open PDF File… (Ctrl+O), or
- upload or drag a PDF into the File Manager.
Your PDF stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
The screen
| Area | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Top bar | Page navigation, zoom, save, search, print and Download PDF |
| Menu bar | File, Edit, View, Insert, Page, Suite & AI, Help |
| Tool bar | Select, Form Field, Edit/Replace Text, Highlight, Text, Pen, Note, Shape, Stamp, Custom Stamp, Sign, Redact |
| Left sidebar | Pages (thumbnails), Markups (every annotation) and Blueprints (templates) |
| Right Studio Dock | Security, form studio, Kazi AI and export tools |
Tip: Right-click anywhere on a page for quick actions: markup tools, page tools, zoom, print and download. Press ? to see every PDF shortcut.