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Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #57: Editing Text and Modifying Attributes

Contents

  1. Tips for Tranquil Text Tweaking
  2. Copy That

Article Description

The TouchUp Text tool in Acrobat 9 is designed for making quick textual and formatting changes in a document. Donna L. Baker walks us through the process of using the TouchUp Text tool.

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Copy That

The better you understand some of the intricacies of text selection, the faster you can get your work done. Here are some suggestions:

  • Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Mac: Acrobat > Preferences > General) and click Make Hand Tool Select Text and Images. This way, when you position the pointer over text in a document, it automatically works as the Select tool.
  • If you're copying and pasting text and intend to send it to other people, be aware that unless a recipient's computer has the same font, it can't be preserved. Acrobat replaces that font with the closest match.
  • When a document is tagged, you can use the Copy with Formatting option. This option is especially useful if the document contains columns.
  • If you can't copy text, check to see whether the document has security settings. The author may have specified that copying be restricted.