{"id":66867,"date":"2026-11-10T19:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-editor-whats-new-november-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:10:53","slug":"pdf24-editor-whats-new-november-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-editor-whats-new-november-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The PDF24 editor: page colour, rotating shapes, freehand redaction and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the end of October we completely renewed the editor of PDF24 Tools, the foundation for everything still to come. Since then we have put many wishes from your feedback into practice. You'll find the most important changes in Edit PDF<\/a>, Annotate PDF<\/a>, Sign PDF<\/a>, Redact PDF<\/a> and Bookmark PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New in \u201cOrganize\u201d mode: a background colour for single pages or all of them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Page colour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A coloured background for cover pages, chapter pages or invitations: in \u201cOrganize\u201d mode, choose a colour under \u201cPage color\u201d and the pages, for example \u201c1-3, 7\u201d, or leave the field empty for all pages. The colour sits behind the content, so text and images stay fully visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotate rectangles and ellipses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rectangles and ellipses now have the blue rotation handle you know from images. They snap to 0\u00b0, 90\u00b0, 180\u00b0 and 270\u00b0, and with Shift held down they move in 15\u00b0 steps. Put angled frames and marks exactly where they belong, when inserting as well as when annotating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rotate text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A \u201cBook now!\u201d slanted across the photo, a note along the page margin, or a label that follows a line in a plan exactly: text can now be rotated freely as well. In \u201cInsert\u201d mode, a text box you add with \u201cInsert text\u201d has the blue rotation handle too. Drag it, and the text turns around its centre, right where it is. It snaps to 0\u00b0, 90\u00b0, 180\u00b0 and 270\u00b0, and with Shift held down it moves in 15\u00b0 steps. In the saved PDF the text is rotated exactly as in the editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drag the blue dot below the text box, and the text turns right where it is<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Freehand redaction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Redact PDF<\/a> has the \u201cFreehand\u201d tool again next to the rectangle: paint over everything that has to go with a brush in one of three widths, including slanted lines, signatures or stamps. The content underneath is irreversibly removed when you save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replace a word in one go<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A typo in a name, an outdated price: to swap a word, redact it in Edit PDF<\/a> in the colour \u201cWhite\u201d and write the new word on top with \u201cInsert text\u201d. Until now the redaction box also covered the new text when saving, so you had to save twice. Now it works in one go: the old word is removed from the file, and the new one sits on top as real text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlight where there is no text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When annotating, \u201cHighlight\u201d now also marks areas without text, such as part of a drawing, a table in a scan or a text box you inserted yourself. You get an area in marker colour, just like a highlighter on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insert images without detours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A click on \u201cInsert image\u201d opens the file picker straight away. The image lands in the middle of the current page at a sensible size, and you can then move and scale it freely. Besides PNG and JPEG, the editor now also accepts GIF, WebP, BMP and SVG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign faster, on your phone too<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sign PDF<\/a> shows you your document first instead of jumping straight into the signature dialog. The blue \u201cInsert signature\u201d button sits clearly in the toolbar, and on a smartphone it comes first. Even faster: right-click the page and \u201cSign here\u201d puts your signature exactly at that spot. On iPhone and iPad you can now swipe through the document with your finger, and a newly drawn signature goes straight onto the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Insert your signature via the button, or right-click exactly where it should go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More improvements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n