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Editing PDF Documents
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With great difficulty.
PDFs are not meant to be edited, and it can only be done if the edits are fairly minor e.g. typos etc. Adding a whole new line (which CAN be done) will mean that every other line that will be affected by that additional line will need to be redone. It is far preferable to go back to the authoring software and make the edits there and then remake the PDF.
PDFs are not meant to be edited, and it can only be done if the edits are fairly minor e.g. typos etc. Adding a whole new line (which CAN be done) will mean that every other line that will be affected by that additional line will need to be redone. It is far preferable to go back to the authoring software and make the edits there and then remake the PDF.
Eggles,
It's been my experience that I can only edit existing text with the Touch-Up tool. I've been able to add text (1 short line), but I had to use the Forms tool in order to do it. It wouldn't place any text if there was another object sharing the area where I wanted to make the addition.
What steps do you take to add text to an already existing PDF? (I realize going back to the original doc is the best method, but sometimes I just need to add a phrase like "Return to Table of Contents" or some such.)
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It's been my experience that I can only edit existing text with the Touch-Up tool. I've been able to add text (1 short line), but I had to use the Forms tool in order to do it. It wouldn't place any text if there was another object sharing the area where I wanted to make the addition.
What steps do you take to add text to an already existing PDF? (I realize going back to the original doc is the best method, but sometimes I just need to add a phrase like "Return to Table of Contents" or some such.)
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TashaGoddard
Technical User
horqua:
What I do is create the line or block of text in Word - with the rest of the page blank - and run it out to PDF. I then use the Object Select tool to copy that bit of text from that PDF and paste it into the one where I want it to go (then move it to the right place on the page).
We find this can be quite useful because we are supplied the PDFs rather than making them ourselves and sometimes it would cost our clients a considerable amount of money to get the people who set the pages in the first place to dearchive the files and add the text and then run out new PDFs. Whereas it doesn't take too much time for us to add a bit of text if necessary. It is, indeed, always best to go back to the original and then rerun the PDF, but if you don't have the original available, you can't!
What I do is create the line or block of text in Word - with the rest of the page blank - and run it out to PDF. I then use the Object Select tool to copy that bit of text from that PDF and paste it into the one where I want it to go (then move it to the right place on the page).
We find this can be quite useful because we are supplied the PDFs rather than making them ourselves and sometimes it would cost our clients a considerable amount of money to get the people who set the pages in the first place to dearchive the files and add the text and then run out new PDFs. Whereas it doesn't take too much time for us to add a bit of text if necessary. It is, indeed, always best to go back to the original and then rerun the PDF, but if you don't have the original available, you can't!
MarcusStringer
IS-IT--Management
You might also try Enfocus PitStop which has text editing functions.
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