About the Edit Text tool

The Edit > Edit Text (Edit Text icon) tool allows you to make minor text revisions to a PDF document, including modifications to attributes, font type, size, and fill color. Make limited text edits, even over multiple lines of text.

Consider the following limitations when editing a PDF document:

  • Editing should be kept to a minimum because the PDF format is mainly for document exchange, distribution and publishing, not for large-scale text revision. Larger modifications to PDF page content are better made using the Advanced Edit mode.

  • If the PDF document is secured to prevent editing, this tool is not available unless you get permission from the author. See Digital ID Settings.

  • If the related fonts are not available in your system or it is not embedded in the document then you need to confirm font substitution. See Embedding Fonts.

  • The Edit Text tool cannot be used with form fields.

Using this tool might change how the document reflows and may make the document less accessible to the visually impaired.