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Edit page contents

Use the following options to edit the contents of a page:

Select Text

Select icon

  1. Click Select tool on the Panel bar, and then select a block of text.
  2. When the toolbar appears, click Copy.

    The text is copied to the Clipboard.

  3. Right-click to open a context menu.

    Then you can highlight or underline it, cross it out, mark places for text insertions or replacements, insert a hyperlink or note, turn it into a bookmark, or search for the first word in the selection.

Select an image or an area

Select Area icon
  1. Select Edit > Select Area.
  2. Draw a rectangle around an image or area.
  3. Right-click to open the context menu. The commands related to zones do not change the PDF content but mark the area for further processing, such as OCR or conversion to Office formats.

    • Copy

    • Create Stamp

    • Create Link

Copy and paste text or an image

The Cut, Copy and Paste commands may not be available if a PDF document is password-protected against copying.

  1. Select Edit > Copy, or select Copy from a shortcut menu to copy selected text or image.
  2. Select Paste in an open document in another application (such as Microsoft Office).

    Copied text can also be pasted into comments or onto a typewriter tool cursor.

    The font is substituted if text copied from a PDF document uses fonts not available on the destination computer.

Insert clip art

Clip Art icon
  1. Use the Clip Art panel to insert, rename or delete clip art.

    You can insert both predefined and custom clip art. Clip art is grouped in categories.

  2. Optionally, click Create in the Clip art panel to convert an image to clip art.

    When creating a custom clip, most standard image formats are supported, including .jpg, .bmp, .gif, and more.

Add an image file

  1. Select Edit > Place Image.
  2. Select a file type (such as .jpg, .bmp, .gif) and an image, and click OK.

    The image is placed at the center of the page.

  3. Use the Place Image tool to move the image to another position.
  4. Optionally copy the image, save it, or add a transparency effect.

Edit

Edit icon

Click on a block of text to edit it and display the Text Format panel.

Select an object with this tool, and then do one of the following:

  • Drag the mouse pointer to move an object to a new location.
  • Drag the scale handles to resize an object.
  • Drag the handler to rotate an object. To switch to the rotate pointer, move the pointer near a corner handle. Drag it in the desired direction.You can also use the shortcut menu to rotate an object.

Add text using the Typewriter tool

Typewriter icon
  1. Select Edit > Typewriter.
  2. Click anywhere on a PDF page.

    A new text box appears at the selected position with the typewriter text cursor.

  3. Optionally, use the mouse to resize the box as you prefer.
  4. Type and edit the text as you would in a standard text editor.
  5. Optionally, use the context-sensitive Text Format panel to alter font and paragraph settings.

When the PDF is saved, the entered text is converted to selectable objects, unlike text entered as annotations with the Text Box tool. Until the PDF is saved, spell checking can be run on the entered text.

For a comparison of Typewriter text and Text Box text, see "Text boxes and text editing".