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jmt111
Inspiring
February 14, 2014
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Moving text entered into a PDF without moving other objects

  • February 14, 2014
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Sometimes, I add text to a pdf through the following:

-         Click Tools to the top right of Acrobat, beneath the X.

-         Under Content | Edit Text & Objects, select Edit Document Text.

-         Hold down ctrl before you place the cursor on the pdf.

Often, the text is not placed in the correct spot. To move it, I go to Tools | Content | Edit Object and then select the text and move it. However, this often causes other text in the document to shift along with the text that I entered. It seems somehow the text I entered gets linked to other text and I can either move all or none of it. How can I get only the text that I just entered to shift without getting other text to shift with it?

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Bill12
Inspiring
February 14, 2014

You can only move the text as an individual box. All of the text in the box will move. You can select the Edit Text & Images and then move the cursor to the border of the desired block. The block border should have a cross arrow over it and at that point just push the left button and move the box. If you want to move just some text, you will have to cut it and then move the cursor to the desired location and paste. If you want it where no text exists, then select the Add Text and hold down the ctrl key as you place the new text box. Then just paste into this new box.

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jmt111Author
Inspiring
February 24, 2014

What does “You can only move the text as an individual box” mean? If I add one line of text and then want to move only that one line without impacting the other text that I added to other parts of the document, how would I do it?

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    Bill12
    Inspiring
    February 24, 2014

    You would have to select that line, delete it, and create a new text box to enter the text into (hold down the control key as you try to place the box). While that box is still selected, you can move it around. Generally, the editing functions you are trying to do can fail terribly. Acrobat is not really an editing environment and the tools are not easy to use even for minor editing. A lot is based on the structure of the PDF and how things are grouped (objects). You can move an object, but not parts of it. You should really use the original document to edit the information and then create a new PDF.

    At times you can start trying to edit text in a PDF and all the information gets scrambled. So such edits are not very friendly to do.

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