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September 12, 2018
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Are there 'Replace Text' and 'Insert Text' tools in the iPad version of Reader, like in the version for Mac?

  • September 12, 2018
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I use the 'Replace Text' and 'Insert Text' tools in my desktop iOS version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC all the time when editing PDFs.

Today am trying out editing PDFs with Apple Pencil and a new iPad using Adobe Reader version 18.07.30, and there are no equivalents to those 2 tools that I can see. When I go to the Commenting options in the bar at the bottom of the iPad app:

I have Comment, Highlight, Strikethrough, Underline, Draw, Sign, and a capital T icon for a tool that essentially functions like the 'add text comment' feature, not the 'insert text at cursor' tool, in the desktop version of reader. This is what happens when I use the T tool icon:

The blue text above is what is meant to be inserted. However, someone reviewing my PDF edits would not be able to know for certain where the new text should be inserted/what text it should replace. Here's my question:How, on an iPad, do I mark up inserted text at a specific point within existing text, like this:

and replacement text so it shows up essentially like this:

(screenshots from Reader running on my Mac desktop computer)

Can someone tell me how to do this? And I don't care about the colors - I know how to change those in Preferences on my desktop app, my concern is the functionality of exact insertion of text.

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Legend
September 12, 2018

Just a little note that may help you in future: there is no iOS on your desktop. iOS is found in iPhones and iPads (and once in iPods). Macs use Mac OS.

Bernd Alheit
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Community Expert
September 12, 2018

Not available in Acrobat Reader for iOS.