PDFelement - Edit, Annotate, Fill and Sign PDF Documents
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Adobe Reader does not need an introduction; it is one of the most popular PDF readers available on the internet. We have received several emails from different users on how to edit a PDF in Adobe Reader. Adobe reader is not a professional editor, it is just a reader which provides some annotating feature to add comments, sticky notes or highlight the text in the PDF file. However, Adobe Reader can’t edit PDF. So, for all those who are looking for a way to edit PDF in Adobe Reader, you will have to use a professional level alternative editor to edit the PDF files.
As explained above Adobe Reader can't edit PDF files, but Wondershare PDFelement is a complete solution to edit any kind of PDF files. Just like the name, Wondershare PDFelement encloses all features of Adobe Reader to markup text, highlight, strike through, add sticky comments or notes in the text of the PDF file.
One of the major feature in it is the powerful editing feature that will let you edit any type of text or image in the PDF file. You can edit the existing text and can change its style, format and alignment. Moreover, you can also add new text in the PDF file. Similarly, you can completely remove the already present text in the PDF file. The editing features of this Adobe Reader alternative will let you resize, crop, rotate and extract PDF images from the program. Here are the main features of the program:
Here is a step by step guide on how to edit a PDF in Adobe Reader Alternative. As Explained above Wondershare PDFelement is all-in-one solution for any type of PDF files on Windows or Mac OS X. This guide will let you edit text, images or even the forms in the PDF files.
Open the PDF with PDFelement after installation. Alternatively, you can launch the program and open PDF file in it. Click on the "Open PDF" button on the bottom side of the screen. Choose the PDF file from the next window and click on "Open" button again.
Click on the "Edit" Tab on the top bar. If you want to add new text in the PDF file, click on the "Add Text" button and click anywhere on the PDF file to add the text.
On the other hand, if you want to edit already present text, click on the "Edit Text" option and click on the text that you want to edit. In order to change the format or style of the text, select the text using trackpad or mouse and change the format from the top menu.
In order to edit images, click on the "Edit Objects" under Edit tab and select the image that you want to edit. You will see the blue box around the image. Here you can adjust the size of the image, change the rotation of the image or can crop the image.
PDF forms can easily be edited. Simply open any form in the program and yellow bar will be shown on the top of the screen asking you to highlight the fields in the forms. Click on the field to enter text in the empty fields. Similarly, you can also add new text in the PDF form using the editing feature explained above.
Click on the "Page" Tab and here you will find different options to rotate, replace, add, extract or even replace the pages. Click on the required option and a new window will be opened where you can select the pages on which you want to apply this particular effect.
Adobe Reader has many missing features which will not let you edit the PDF files such as:
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