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CCS PDF Editor

Edit PDFs. Keep the bytes local.

An offline-first, internally supported PDF viewer and editor for Community Counseling Solutions. Annotate, fill and design form fields, OCR a scan, unlock many password-protected PDFs, save a project or a PDF others can fill — without sending document content to a CCS application API.

Staff how-to → Executive pitch (meeting) Auditor FAQ Governance User guide
Client-side processing Editor fill · Form design Password open & export No app document DB HTTPS · offline pack · Windows

Why IT can support this

Internally supported with documented ownership, change control, and residual-risk guidance — without the operational weight of a multi-user document database.

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Annotate & assemble

Editor workspace: text, shapes, tables, images, snip-and-move, multi-PDF append. Undo/redo and page tools built in.

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Fill & design forms

Editor + Pointer to fill fields. Form workspace to design layout. Supported native widgets auto-import for design tools.

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Local OCR

Tesseract.js + English data ship under lib/. Recognition runs on-device, not a cloud OCR API — including offline packs.

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Project or final PDF

Project (.ccspdf) keeps edits re-openable. PDF flattens annotations; form fields stay fillable; optional password protect.

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Deploy how you need

Intranet HTTPS, offline browser zip, or Windows WebView2 shell with desktop shortcut and file associations.

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Smaller compliance surface

No submission store, no Entra roles inside the SPA, no webhooks. Documents follow normal file handling.

What this product is — and is not

Clear boundaries keep support and compliance conversations short.

TopicCCS PDF Editor
Document store on the app server None — client-side only
Central approval / multi-user edit audit Not provided (by design)
Project file edit insight Rolling log in .ccspdf (~200 events; IT extract tool)
In-app user login None — control access at the network edge if needed
Typical use Markup, fillable field design, local OCR, project save, export & print
Fillable PDF fields Yes — AcroForm on Save PDF
Certified e-sign / workflow audit Not this product
App disaster recovery Re-deploy last known-good static package
User document recovery Endpoint / file-share backups (out of band)
“Offline-first doesn’t mean zero risk — it means the risk looks like a local viewer plus a static host, not a document cloud we didn’t mean to build.” — Framing for auditors (see Auditor FAQ & Governance)

Compliance pack

Markdown is the source of truth; these HTML pages are for browser reading and print-to-PDF. Re-generate with docs/marketing/render-docs.ps1 after editing .md files.

How to use this editorStaff landing (from HOW-TO.md) Executive pitchLeadership meeting deck (Frank style) Auditor FAQOne-page answers + evidence map System profileOwners, host blanks, DR fields GovernanceChange mgmt, residual risk, annual checklist ArchitectureData flow, offline model, .ccspdf Dev standardsOffline rules, release smoke list User guideOpen, edit, save, OCR, print User trainingTracks A–D + handout Windows install SOPIT: EXE, shortcut, file types READMEDeploy overview & index LICENSEInternal-use terms NOTICEThird-party disclosures

Support

Helpdesk

ITHelpdesk@ccsemail.org

Technical owner

CCS Information Technology Department

Security / privacy

CCS Incident Response process (via Helpdesk)