How to add text to a PDF file using Acrobat X

a file was sent to me thru Adobe and I don’t know how to start open it.  Please help. Thank you.

Hi DCBphotography.com,

Make sure you are using the Edit Document Text command and not the Add or Edit Text box command. The Edit Document Text command actives Edit mode and allows you to reflow (somewhat) the text—if the text is not raster.

Thanks,
Lori

I’m using Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Pro and I’m trying to insert text. My last step is to insert text however the existing text won’t allow space for text insert… Help. Thanks much appreciated

Hi Haydaf,

Try using the keyboard command Ctrl + e.

Thanks,
Lori

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Hi Luxmi,

Can you please post your question in the Acrobat forum so our experts can help you interactively:

https://answers.acrobatusers.com/AskQuestion.aspx

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Patty

i am able to highlight but not able to save those changes ..whenevr i try it says file cannot be read

Hi Paul Anderson,

I agree that the editing process can be somewhat confusing especially if you’re using an earlier version of Acrobat. Are you attempting to do this in version X? The Add or Edit Text box tool in Acrobat X is actually making a comment on the file and not directly integrating the text. If you flip over to the Comment pane, you’ll see it listed under the Comments List panel.
Generally I find it much simpler to hold down the Ctrl key and use the Edit Document Text command to add new text to a PDF file in Acrobat X.

Thanks,
Lori

Using Acrobat Pro, all I wanted to do is a little edit to existing text and delete a picture and a bit of text. It has take me an hour through a ridiculously convoluted process for what must surely be the most common of requirements. Utterly cryptic and unintuitive, this is quite simply the most un-user-unfriendly package I’ve ever seen. I cannot get the added text to sit in line with the existing text. So an hour of my worktime wasted.

Hi John Marshall,

Are you using at least 10.1 or later? Alternatively you could download Adobe Reader XI, which includes the Add Text tool under the Comments panel.

Thanks,
Lori

am using Adobe Reader X and received a PDF file to fill out, which I started in Adobe Reader X. Almost completed the forms and needed to change an error/mistype and some how the typewriter function came up and I was able to make that change. Since closing the PDF with save, etc I have tried to open the typewriter function again and can not. When I click on tools and try to expand content I get nothing. Can someone help me?

Hi k ramtial,

You’ll need Acrobat and not the free Reader to change the text in a PDF file. This interactive guide can help you get started:
https://acrobatusers.com/startingpoints/how-to-edit-a-pdf?sdid=KLKIM

Thanks,
Lori

how to change words in pdf file

Hi c.vijayakumar,

To add text using either Acrobat or Reader XI (like on a form), you can use the Add Text Comment tool under the Comment pane.

Thanks,
Lori

Respected sir,
this is to inform you that in my pdf document how to type and insert words please help me

In Acrobat 8.0 I could underline, italicize, or make bold the text I had just typed as you did in the video.  How do I do so in Acrobat X Standard?

Hi Mike,

This tutorial explains how to add text to a PDF using the Typewriter tool and this particular tool allows you to change text attributes like italics and bold. If you’re editing existing text in a PDF using the Edit Document Text tool, you’ll need the associated fonts for italic and bold installed on your system. Here is a video tutorial for Acrobat X on editing text in a PDF:
https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-edit-text-in-a-pdf

Thanks,
Lori

Why does line spacing revert to no spacing when saving or printing document?

Hi JB,
Are you using the typewriter tool or by selecting the Edit Document Text and holding down the Ctrl key?

Thanks,
Lori