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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD
Editing PDFs
Last updated 10/11/2011
• To resize the box, drag a center handle to change only height or width, or drag a corner handle to change both
dimensions.
An example of resizing an article box
Edit article properties
1 Using the Article tool, select the article box that you want to edit.
2 Right-click the box, and choose Properties.
3 Change the information in the Articles Properties dialog box, and click OK.
Combine two articles
1 In the document pane, select any article box in the article you want to be read first.
2 Select the plus sign (+) at the bottom of the article box, and click OK to dismiss the prompt to create a new article box.
3 Ctrl-click an article box you want to be read next. The second article is appended to the end of the first article. All
article boxes in the piece are renumbered automatically.
Text and objects
Choosing a tool
A common misconception about PDF documents is that they should behave like any other document that contains
images and text, letting you freely move or edit items on a page. A PDF is like a snapshot of your original document.
You can perform minor touch-ups, but if your PDF requires substantial revision, it’s easier to make changes to the
source document and regenerate the PDF.
For editing text and objects, choose from the tools in the Tools task pane. To insert editing marks in a PDF to indicate
your changes to the original document, see
“Mark up text with edits” on page 133.
The Edit Document Text tool lets you add to and replace existing text if the fonts used are available on the system. If
the fonts aren’t available, you can change only the appearance of existing text. However, you can add new blocks of
text using the Edit Document Text tool. To wrap text on a line during editing, select Enable Text Word Wrapping in
the Touchup Preferences. Add or Edit Text Box command also lets you create new text, but provides fewer options to
modify new text than the Edit Document Text tool. See video
The Basics of Editing a PDF Document for a quick
overview.
Note: Using Edit Document Text may affect how the document reflows, which can make the document less accessible to
the visually impaired.