How to Edit in PDF
While a document is already published and is in the pre-press stage, as the recipient or the creator, you may be asked to make changes to it. You may, for example, be asked to do a bit of PDF text editing, or image editing.
Unfortunately, making changes to PDF content does not come as easily as they do in a Word document. Same goes for the flexibility you have with image editing. Some secured PDFs actually prevent it. However, if you have a PDF that allows it, there are a couple of editing options available.
To edit PDF in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro:
Choose Advanced Editing from the Tools menu. Use the TouchUp text tool option.
Add, edit or delete PDF text. Using this tool is only good for minor PDF text editing. Use it if you can neither recreate the document nor obtain the original file to make your changes.
- To edit PDF images using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and an image editor on your computer, you must first set up the image editing application to work with Acrobat. Go to Edit, select Preferences.
- Go to the TouchUp panel and click Choose Image Editor (for bitmap images) or Choose Page/Object Editor (for vector images) and select the application on your hard drive.
- Once that is set, go back to your PDF and choose Advanced Editing from the Tools menu and select the TouchUp Object tool.
Select the object you wish to edit and right click on it. Select Edit Image from the context menu. You will then be redirected to your image in your image editing application. Here is what it looks like in Adobe Photoshop.- Try these steps out and see how they work for you.
