About the Edit tool

The Edit > Edit (Edit icon) tool allows you to make minor text revisions to a PDF document, including modifications to objects and text, such as attributes, font type, size, and fill color. Move, resize, and edit objects, or edit and re-flow text over multiple lines.

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.

  • 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.

  • The Edit 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.