How do I change text in a pdf file

How do I change text and info on a pdf file?

Using Acrobat XI Pro --
Tools - Content Editing - Edit Text & Images tool.
If the PDF page content is the image of text from a scanner use Acrobat's ClearScan to provide an OCR output that the tool can work on.
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I would try Acrobat out, you can't do that in Adobe Reader.

How do you change text on a PDF file

How do you change text on a PDF file

If at all possible, you don't. You get the original (pre-PDF file), you edit that.
Adobe Acrobat has some very limited facilities which sometimes allow very simple text edits to PDF (e.g. change a phone number).

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-Yzboy111

kensavilleart wrote:
Hi Yzzi
Select square selection tool (top left hand corner tools palette)
Select the text to change
Delete
Control d
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Bill has the right idea and advice. Remember that sentences won't reflow if they need to, you have to have the exact same font that you are editing on your system and many other little quirks.
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kateriggles wrote:
I know it is probably something really simple but I just can't figure it out.
Kate
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How to extract text from a PDF file?

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i need to know how to extract text from a pdf file?
does anyone know what is the character encoding in pdf file, when i use an input stream to read the file it gives encrypted characters not the original text in the file.
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jverd wrote:
First, you set i once, and then loop without ever changing it. So your loop body will execute either 0 times or infinitely many times, writing the same byte every time. Actually, maybe it'll execute once and then throw an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. That's basic java looping, and you're going to need a firm grip on that before you try to do anything as advanced as PDF reading. the case.oops you are absolutely right that was a silly mistake to forget that,
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