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Fill in and sign a PDF

Fill in a PDF form, add text and your signature with the Drime PDF editor, then save the result over the file or as a copy.

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The Drime PDF editor lets you fill in a PDF and add your signature directly in your browser, without sending the document to anyone. To collect other people's signatures, use Drime Sign instead: see Send a document for signature.

#Open the PDF in the editor

  1. Double-click the PDF in your Drive.

    It opens in the file viewer.

  2. In the viewer toolbar, click Edit, then Edit in Drime.

    The PDF viewer with the Edit menu open on Edit in Drime

You can also click Edit PDF in the row of actions above the file list, select the file in Choose a PDF to edit, then click Choose.

#Fill in the form

  1. In the editor toolbar, click Forms.

    A PDF open in the Drime PDF editor, with its toolbar

    The editor detects the fields that already exist in the PDF.

  2. Click each field and fill it in.

If the PDF has no form fields, use Add text to add your text on the page.

#Add your signature

  1. In the editor toolbar, click Sign.

  2. Create your signature: draw it, type it, or upload an image of it.

  3. Place it on the page.

The Signing options menu next to Sign also offers Request e-signatures (Drime Sign), to send the document to other signers.

#Save your changes

Click Save to replace the PDF. The previous content is kept as a version of the file, unless you turned file versioning off.

To keep the original untouched, click the arrow next to Save, then Save as a copy, and choose the folder of the new file. The same menu also offers Save (overwrite).

The Save options menu of the PDF editor with Save (overwrite) and Save as a copy

#If it doesn't work

What you see

What to do

This PDF is password protected

Enter the PDF's password in Document password to open it in the editor.

This document only allows filling existing fields. Form design tools are locked.

You can fill in the fields of this form, but not add new ones.

This PDF is digitally signed

Saving would break its signature. Choose Save as a copy, or Save anyway if you accept it.

Could not save PDF

The PDF was not saved. Check your connection and save again.

For the other editing messages, see Edit a PDF.

#Next steps

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