Editing PDFs

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September 28, 2021
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Is there a way to adjust what is selected and deleted in a PDF while using the editing tool?

I'm having a pretty annoying issue where if you select a text box, and click delete, it will only delete the first and last characters. For example, if a text box is 1234, and I select the whole thing by clicking and selecting all items, hit delete, it will then read 23.

Super irritating when I have large PDFs to remove info from. I can't see anything in preferences, but I might be looking in the wrong place.

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

Select the text as an object, you should see the blue line around, then right-click : Edit with Illustrator.

In Illustrator : Save and Close, changes are incorporated instantly in the PDF.

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try67

Community Expert

No. And PDF files should not be edited in this way to begin with. Go back to the original file format, make the changes there, and then create a new PDF file.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

MOVED TO THE ACROBAT PRO FORUM

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe