Editing Tables in PDFs

Question

Hi. Can someone think of a solution to this dilemma? Some of our LAs are in a big project where they build a table (matrix) in Word with links to PDFs. They convert the Word doc to PDF and attach all the documents so that when they send it outside of the Firm, people can open the documents when they click on the links.

BUT, when they have to update the table – add a row or column, with another document and link - well, you can't edit a table in Acrobat. If they edit the table in Word and convert it again, they have to reattach the documents. For now, we have recommended that they try using Organize Pages to replace the page with a new table (and then delete the page with the old table) and see if that works. But we are looking for ideas/solutions.

Thank you.

gary_sc · Answer

You have come upon the correct approach (using Organize Pages). One tip for selecting which page to delete is to put a large STAMP on it so you know where to put the new page and which one to delete. My biggest complaint with Organize Pages is that the biggest you can zoom into a given page is just too small. So, make the page you want to delete very obvious.

In addition, you are absolutely correct that you cannot edit tables in Acrobat; that's not what a PDF is for. While you can do some limited editing, Acrobat is not a word processing, page layout, or Excel-like application. Trying to make it work as such will only waste time and lead to frustration.

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