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September 21, 2024
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Edit pdf text format instability

  • September 21, 2024
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Hello Guys,

We can all agree that editing existing text in Acrobat can easily go wrong and mess up the text block format even if the font is embedded in the pdf and installed on our machine.

 

But in Adobe Acrobat documentation they don't mention anything about this instability, they just say you need to have the font installed.

 

I'm looking for a formal brief explanation from Adobe or a piece of advice about editing text in Acrobat that it is not recommended unless it's really necessary and users should expect a break in text format or unexpected shifting in lines or so on, also to mention that Acrobat is not a text editing software.

I want to include these recommendations inside a training document I'm working on for my students about editing pdf cuz they keep asking about problems in editing pdf and mostly they use Arabic fonts which breaks way more often and causes more trouble.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks

Ahmad

2 replies

JR Boulay
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 10, 2025

The secret is to make corrections in the software and the document used to generate the PDF, then re-generate a PDF and use the “Replace pages” function in Acrobat.

This keeps all PDF elements intact (metadata, parameters, comments, form fields, etc.), as only the page layouts are replaced.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
S_S
Community Manager
Community Manager
February 10, 2025

Hi @AKDL,

 

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

 

In case you are still looking for a solution, you might want to go through this thread which has a discussion similar to yours: Adobe Pro editing - formatting issues - Adobe Community - 14160543.

 

Hope this clarifies your question.


-Souvik