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How to Change PDF Files in Multiple Aspects

PDF or Portable Document File format is considered one of the most secure, non-editable formats to save the documents which will preserve the formatting of the document on any PDF reader on Computer, Mobile Phone or Tablet. However, you can make changes to PDF file using an appropriate PDF editor. You can change text in PDF file, change PDF images, changes PDF pages or change the links in the PDF file. After making PDF changes, you can either save the same PDF file or can make a copy of the new PDF file on your computer. Here’s the detailed guide on how you can make changes to PDF on Mac or Windows.

Part 1Best PDF Editing Tool to Change PDF

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Wondershare PDFelement for Mac (Wondershare PDFelement ) is a full-fledge PDF manager, reader, annotator and editor to make changes in the PDF file. You can open any PDF file with multiple viewing options and annotate the PDF file to highlight or strike through the text in PDF.

The best thing in PDFelement is the editing feature which will let you make changes to PDF text, images, pages or links in the PDF file. You can easily change the already present text in PDF file and can change the formatting of the text by changing the fonts, size, style and colors of the texts. Similarly, all the images present in the PDF file can also be changed with the new images or you can change the rotation of the images, resize them or crop them right within the same PDF editor.

If you have scanned a PDF document, it is normally saved as the Image in the PDF file. The professional "OCR" feature will let you make changes to the text in the scanned PDF file. It will basically recognize the text present in the PDF file and you will be able to edit the text like a normal PDF file. Moreover, the PDF files can also be converted into a variety of formats such as Word, PPT, Excel, Images or even HTML right from PDFelement. Here’s the step by step guide to Make Changes to PDF on Mac and Windows.

Part 2Full Guide on Making Changes to PDF on Mac and Windows

How to Make Changes to PDF on Mac (macOS Sierra Included)

1. Import PDF File on Mac

Launch Wondershare PDFelement on your Mac and click on the "Open File" on the main interface of the program. Select the PDF files that you want to change from the "Finder" and click on the "Open" button again.

2. Change PDF Text on Mac

Once the PDF file is imported to the program, you can easily change text in the PDF file or can add new text to the PDF file. Click on the "Edit" button and go to the text that you want to edit. By double tapping on the text, it will add a blue box around the text which will let you edit the text. You can also select the text and can change the font, color or styling of the text.

3. Change PDF Image on Mac

Just like the text, you can change the "Images" by clicking the same "Edit" button on the screen. Double Click on the Image that you want to edit and it will open another window. On this window, you can use "Replace, Extract, Crop or Rotate the Image".

4. Change PDF Links on Mac

Click on the "Markup" button on the top bar and click on the "Edit Link" icon which will show all the links present on the PDF file. Now, double click on the link and here you can replace the links with the new link or can change the attribution for the link.

5. Change PDF Pages on Mac

In order to make a change in PDF pages, you can click of many options on the right hand side of the screen. For example; if you want to rotate a PDF page, you can click on the "Rotate Page" button under "Pages" and select the rotation angle for the PDF file. Similarly, other changes can be applied to the Pages in PDF file such as "Extract, Delete, Crop and Replace".

How to Change PDF in Windows (Windows 10 Included)

1. Open PDF File on Windows

First of all, open the PDF file in Wondershare PDFelement, you can either directly open the PDF file with Wondershare PDFelement or can launch the program and import the PDF in it by clicking on "Open..." button on the bottom of the screen.

2. How to Change PDF Text on Windows

All of major changes can be done by clicking on the "Edit" tab present on the top bar of Wondershare PDFelement. Click on "Edit Text" under this tab to change PDF text. Now, click on the text that you want to change and you will be able to make change in the text.

3. How to Change PDF Image on Windows

Unlike Mac version, windows version will let you crop or resize the image in PDF file directly from the same window. Click on the "Edit Objects" under "Edit" tab on the program. Now, select the image that you want to change. In order to rotate image, right click on it and select "Rotate" option from the menu.

4. How to Change PDF Links on Windows

Click on the "Edit" tab and hit the "Link" button on the screen. Now, Right click on the link and select the "Edit" again to change the link in the PDF file.

5. How to Change PDF Pages on Windows

All options to change PDF pages will be present under "Pages" tab such as "Insert, Delete, Crop, or Split". Just select an option and select the pages where you want to apply that option. Finally, click on the "OK" button to change the particular option for the page.

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Published: Sep 13,2016 14:53 pm / Updated: Nov 21,2016 15:32 pm

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