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vladk5779022
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November 17, 2018
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Replacing a Word on All Pages

  • November 17, 2018
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I need to know how to find a certain word in a PDF document and automatically replace it with another word on all pages. (This is like the find-and-replace-all command in the Windows Notepad.)

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    Correct answer Document Geek

    You can also use the Find function. That will actually edit the text and if the replacement word is a different length, it will scoot over the text after to accommodate. However, you have to click "Replace" on every instance. But it works well. And you can click on "Replace Next" as fast as you want. Acrobat will catch up.

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    Document Geek
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    November 18, 2018

    You can also use the Find function. That will actually edit the text and if the replacement word is a different length, it will scoot over the text after to accommodate. However, you have to click "Replace" on every instance. But it works well. And you can click on "Replace Next" as fast as you want. Acrobat will catch up.

    try67
    try67
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    November 17, 2018

    The only way is with the Redaction tool. There's no built-in Search & Replace All command in Acrobat.

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    vladk5779022Author
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    November 18, 2018

    Can you explain how to replace words with the use of the Redaction tool?

    try67
    try67
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    November 18, 2018

    There's a "Search and Remove Text" command under the Protection tab. You can use it to create Redaction annotations with overlay text of the new text that you want to insert. However, if the new text is not the same length as the old text then you'll end up with empty space, and/or cut off words (or text in a different size than the original).

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