# Read and annotate PDFs in XgenOffice

The PDF app in XgenOffice for Windows opens PDF files for reading, highlighting, notes, filling forms and signing. Click **AI Summarize** or **AI Key Points** on the **Home** tab, or ask the ZenithAI panel a question about the document. Use the **Pages** tab to rotate, delete, reorder, extract or insert pages.

## How to read and annotate PDFs in XgenOffice

1. Open a PDF from the Home screen.
2. Click **AI Summarize** or **AI Key Points**, or type a question under "Ask about this PDF".
3. Use **Highlight**, **Underline** or **Strikethrough** on the **Home** tab, or the **Annotate** tab for notes and shapes.
4. Fill in a form on the **Fill Form** tab.
5. Save with Ctrl+S.

## When to use it

> Meera receives a 40-page vendor contract as a PDF. She clicks **AI Key Points** to see the main terms, highlights the payment clause, signs the last page and saves it.

## Good to know

- XgenOffice for Windows is in Beta: free for paid XgenPlus plans, provided without support or warranty until its final release.
- To sign, draw or type a signature and click where it goes. Esc cancels.
- A text watermark, and a header and footer with page numbers, are added when you save.
- **Export images** saves every page as a PNG picture.
- The AI can read, search and highlight text, fill form fields, and rotate or delete pages. It cannot sign, stamp or insert pages.

## Common questions

**Can I open a password-protected PDF?**

Yes. The app asks for the password. If the file stays locked, you can view it but not change it.

**Can I merge or split PDFs?**

Use **Insert PDF** to add another PDF's pages and **Extract pages** to save some pages, for example 1-3,5, as a new file.

**Can it read scanned PDFs?**

No. There is no text recognition (OCR) yet, so the AI cannot read text in scanned pages. Redaction and compression are also not available.


Source: https://docs.xgenplus.com/storage/xgenoffice-windows-pdf/