Available in beta
Fill a standard PDF form
Send a fillable PDF and the values. Patch supports ordinary text fields, choices, radio buttons and checkboxes while preserving fields you did not mention.
Capabilities
What you can email today.
This page describes what the closed-beta email service will attempt now. It does not list features that only exist somewhere in the codebase.
Available in beta
Accepted from beta senders and returned only after Patch verifies the result.
Limited beta
Available only for the narrow file structures described below.
Not available
Patch will explain the limit and leave the document unchanged.
Available now
Limited beta
Correct existing PDF text
A precise replacement in supported, digitally generated PDFs. Scans, outlined type, signatures, encryption and XFA are excluded.
Limited beta
Replace existing text in Word
Bounded text changes in clean DOCX files, including body text, headers, footers and notes. Structural edits and tracked changes are excluded.
Limited beta
Correct one CSV cell
A bounded cell correction in a CSV while preserving its delimiter, encoding and every untargeted cell. Excel workbooks are excluded.
Not available yet
Not available
PowerPoint
Patch does not currently return edited presentations from the customer email service.
Not available
Scans and flattened PDFs
OCR, flattened-form repair, damaged files and broad page reconstruction are not customer-ready.
Not available
Conversions and page utilities
Merging, splitting, compressing, converting, signing, redacting and page reordering are not available by email.
Not available
Excel and complex Word changes
XLSX workbooks, tracked changes, tables, styles, comments, content controls and broad layout changes are excluded.
If a document does not fit
Patch does not improvise. It explains the exact limitation, leaves the file unchanged and does not use a document allowance. Questions about a document do not count either.
Unsure whether your file fits?
Email the document and describe the outcome you want in one sentence.
patch@getcaboo.com