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Edit Text

Use Edit Document Text Tool

1.  On the right side of the PDF file, click on Tools

 

2.  In the Tools pane, click Content > go to Edit Text & Objects section > click Edit Document Text

 

3.  On the PDF file, click on the content that you want to edit text such as adding or deleting text

 

4.  To change the formatting of the selected text, do the following:

  • Select text
  • Right-click on the selected text > choose Properties

 

  • In the TouchUp Properties dialog box, use the tools to do any customization on the selected text such as: changing the font face, font size, font color and so on.

 

5.  After changing the font face of the selected text, you might get the error message window if  the font that was used wasn’t loaded in the system

 


Use Edit Object Tool

When you use Edit Object tool to edit the content, there is a blue outline surrounding your selection what’s called an object which might be an image, graphic or the entire page. The advantages of using Edit Object tool that you can drag, move selected object, or select more than one item at a time. Also, you can change to a different typeface of the text without getting error message from Acrobat

1.  On the right side of the PDF file, click on Tools

 

2.  In the Tools pane, click Content >go to Edit Text & Objects section > click Edit Object

 

3.  You can then edit the selected object in a separate program, which allows you to make more deep and extensive changes. When you close the file in another program, it updates to PDF

  • To set the application you want to use to edit the object, do the following:
    • Click the Edit menu > choose Preferences

 

    • In the Preferences dialog box, in the Categories box, click TouchUp > do the following:
      • Click Choose Image Editor… button to select the path to a desired image editor application
      • Click Choose Page/Object Editor…button to select the path to a desired page/object editor application

 

  • Right click on the selected object > choose Edit Object to launch a preset program you selected in the Preference dialog box

 

  • In the TouchUp dialog box, click Yes