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<h2>Benefits of Editing Text in a PDF File</h2>
<ul><li>You are able to make document updates and changes to text mistakes without having a word processed copy of the file.</li></ul>

<h2>Editing Text</h2>

<ol>
	<li>Open the file in which you wish to edit text, and navigate to the text you wish to edit.</li>
	<li>Choose <i>Tools &gt; Advanced Editing &gt; TouchUp Text Tool</i>.<br>
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	<li>Click on the area of text you wish to edit - a box will outline the text you are able to edit. </li>
	<li>To select text, do one of the following:

		<ul><li>To select all the text in the box, hold down the <i>Ctrl</i> key and press the letter A.</li>
		<li>Drag your mouse to select individual sentences, words, spaces, etc.</li>
		</ul>
	</li>

	<li>To edit, copy, delete or add text to your selection, do one of the following:

		<ul>
		<li>Enter new text to replace the selected text.</li>
		<li>Press Delete or select <i>Edit &gt; Cut</i> to remove the selected text.</li>
		<li>Select <i>Edit &gt; Copy</i> to copy the selected text.</li>
		<li>Click anywhere outside the box noted in Step 3 to start over.</li>
		</ul>
	</li>
	
	<li>To return to navigating in the PDF file, click on the <i>Hand Tool</i> button in the top navigation bar.<br><div class="photocenter"><img src="Images/AA7-2.gif"></div></li>
</ol>



<h2>Editing Text Properties</h2>
<p>In addition, you may also edit text properties (bold/italics, font type, font size, font color, etc.) by doing the following:</p>

<ol>
	<li>Complete Steps 1-4 detailed above.</li>
	<li>After you have selected the text you wish to edit, right click on the text and choose <i>Properties</i> from the menu that appears:<br>
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	<li>On the <i>Text</i> tab of the <i>TouchUp Properties</i> window that appears you may adjust several font variables, including:
		<ul>
		<li>Font (which includes bold, italics, etc.)</li>
		<li>Font Size</li>
		<li>Character Spacing (the space between letters)</li>
		<li>Word spacing (the space between words)</li>
		<li>Fill (text color)</li>
		</ul>
	</li>
</ol>

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<h2>Related Resources</h2>
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	<li><a href="delete.html">Deleting Pages from a PDF File</a></li>
	<li><a href="number.html">Numbering Pages in a PDF File</a></li>
	<li><a href="replace.html">Replacing Pages in a PDF File</a></li>
	<li><a href="rotate.html">Rotating Pages in a PDF File</a></li>
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