Edit tab
Use the Edit tab to access tools and settings for modifying PDF documents.
To find tools on tabs, see "Ribbon, tabs and panels" or use the search box in the Help menu.
Basic tools
Undo and Redo: Undo recent actions, or
reverse recent undo actions. A few commands (like redaction and document flattening) cannot be undone.
Delete: Remove selectable items, such as drawing objects or
text in a normal or a form text box. You cannot use this tool to delete text
selected on the actual PDF page, which requires the use of the Edit Object tool on
pages with a text layer.
Select Area, Select All and
Deselect All: Select an area to copy it the Clipboard,
create a stamp from it, transform it to a hyperlink, export it to an editable format
or declare it a table using the shortcut menu. Select All
selects all text and objects on the current page of a Normal PDF when the current
view (set at ) is Single Page. In other cases, it selects
all text and objects in the document. With image-only PDFs, it selects the entire
current page. Deselect All removes the current selection.
Clipboard tools
Cut, Copy,
Paste: Cut or copy the selected content to the Clipboard,
or paste Clipboard content into the current PDF.
Modify tools
Crop: Reduce the size of the current or selected or all
pages, or specify a page range; define the new crop page
size by drag-and-drop or by numerical values.
Edit: Select text blocks or objects
to modify them. For details see Edit page contents and Text Format
tab.
Place Image: Insert an image from file.
Typewriter: Add text to any free place on a PDF page and
define properties to be applied. Typewriter text becomes an integral part of
the PDF at saving time.
Insert tools
Headers and Footers: Add, update or remove headers and
footers. Adding can be done to multiple documents. Updating and removing
apply only to the current document. In Power PDF Advanced,
headers or footers may include Bates numbering.
Bates Numbering: Use this option to add or remove Bates
numbering, a system used mainly in legal circles to ensure that all pages
in all documents relating to a particular case or topic have unique page
identifiers. These identifiers appear in the Header or Footer areas of the pages.
Link: Add a hyperlink to a page area to define the link appearance; or
link an action to open a file, go to a web location, or go to another location in
the document.
Tools
Alignment: Display or hide grids, rulers and
guides, and set Snap to Grid to automatically
align moved objects. Toggle line display between original and schematic weight by
selecting or clearing the check mark for Line Weights.
Measure: Determine distances, perimeters and areas of
two-dimensional figures on the PDF page.
JavaScript: Define actions perform through use of Javascript.
JavaScript can be temporarily enabled or disabled in the program under . See Options overview.