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title: The EDIT tab at a glance
slug: the-edit-tab-at-a-glance
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createdAt: 2026-10-21T02:50:10.068Z
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The **EDIT** tab holds the tools for changing the content and pages of a PDF.

## EDIT tab

![The EDIT Tab](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GcoyfTasRYQ7atUdr_M98/Ef8HwM6sCTcsFfLm6Qvmd_image.png)

From left to right:

- **Select **and **Hand:** at the far left. **Select **is the top button and** Hand** is below it.
- **Add Text**, **Edit Text**, **Add Image**, **Edit Image:** add or change the text and images on a page.
- **Watermark**, **Whiteout**, **Link:** **Watermark** and **Link** have an arrow that opens a menu.
- **Insert Page**, **Delete Page**, **Resize Page**, **Crop Page**, **Reorder Pages:** change the pages of the document.
- **Header/Footer**, **Bates Numbers:** add or remove headers, footers, and Bates numbers. Both have an arrow that opens a menu.
- **Rotate:** opens the **Rotation Settings** panel on the right.

When a tool has options, they open in a settings panel on the right side of the window. For example, **Add Text** opens **Text Settings**, and **Rotate** opens **Rotation Settings**.

### With captions turned on

If Show Captions is turned on (see Page Viewing Tools), the groups are labeled **Edit Content**, **Pages**, **Headers/Footers**, and **Page & Document Rotation**.

![The EDIT tab with captions](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/GcoyfTasRYQ7atUdr_M98/QiwXQeefBveZQuYQzJa5D_image.png)