How to Edit text - change, replace, or delete text in Adobe's Acrobat Reader

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1. Introduction

How to Edit text - change, replace, or delete text in Adobe's Acrobat Reader

2. Edit text - change, replace, or delete text

When you edit text, the text in the paragraph reflows within its text box to accommodate the changes. Each text box is independent, and inserting text in one text block does not push down an adjacent text box or reflow to the next page. 

1. Choose Tools > Edit PDF > Edit 

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1. Select the text you want to edit. The text box turns blue upon selection, and a rotation handle appears at the top of the selected text box.

1. Edit the text by doing one of the following: 
2. Type new text to replace the selected text or press Delete to remove it.
3. To rotate the text box, use the rotation handle at the top of the selected text box.
4. Manage list items using the list controls (bulleted and numbered) in the right-side Format panel. You can create list items, convert an existing paragraph to a list item, convert an existing list item to a paragraph, and convert from one list type to another.
5. Select a font, font size, or other formatting options in the right-side Format panel. You can also use the advanced format options, such as line spacing, character spacing, horizontal scaling, stroke width, and color.   

1. For legal reasons, you must have purchased a font and have it installed on your system to revise text using that font.
2. You can edit text only if the font used for that text is installed on your system. If the font isn’t installed on your system, but is embedded in the PDF, you can change only the color or font size. If the font is not installed or embedded, you can't edit any of the text.
3. Click outside the selection to deselect it and start over.