Tutorial PDF edit

Converting a PDF file takes time and money. It also takes some knowledge and a premium software pack. So it is not as easy as it tooks. A PDF editor can be quite expensive.

Ways to edit a PDF file

The main question is “How do I edit PDF files?” There are two ways of achieving this goal:

•    Editing on a PDF directly

•    Converting a PDF to another format

Editing on a PDF directly

PDF editing is not a very difficult process. It can be done by almost anyone, and one does not need specific skills to achieve this goal. You simply open the PDF in Acrobat and edit it. Editing PDf in Acrobat will only work if you have the original authoring password, or if the PDF file is not password protected. While this is mostly easy, some problems might appear. The main problem is the font used. If the PDF file uses a font you do not have, you cannot edit it. There are thousands of fonts available on the internet today, so which one does the PDF file use? Hard question. The answer is “Only the original author knows”. Getting all the fonts and trying them out is not an option. It can take days to find the right one, and you will probably give up long before you find anything. However, most PDF files use standard fonts, like Arial or Times New Roman.

Converting a PDF to another format

The best format to work with is Microsoft Word, and its .DOC documents. In order to convert and edit PDF files, you will need a PDF to Word Converter program. Many PDF files are password protected specifically to prevent actions like PDF editing. The PDF editors basically interpret the snapshot, which is the PDF file, and convert it into a text file recognizable by Microsoft Word. This is achieved by using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) or similar technology. Basically, this technology is able to “read” the file and output the text in a Word document. You can also scan a document and run the OCR software to extract the text directly to a Word file. Although it is fast, it has some drawbacks. To make an almost error free transition between PDF and DOC, you need a very good converter, that can cost lots of money. Another drawback is the error number. Although good OCR software will have a typical accuracy rate of more that 99%, errors will still be present. And, if you have a very large PDF file, proofreading the output DOC might take some time and resources.

A quick search of the Internet will turn up dozens of PDF to Word converter programs. Some are free, some are not. Be sure to use premium software; it will get you top quality for its price. One of the best and easy to use tools is Able2Doc 6.0 PDF to Word Converter, from Investintech.Com. It edits PDF files and converts them to Word files in no time, error free!

“Able2Doc 6.0 performs fast and accurate conversions to Word with columns, tables, headers, footers, graphics and layout reproduced just as they were in the original document” –

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Edit PDF files with the PDF editor

Edit PDF files with the PDF editor

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With Nitro PDF Professional's comprehensive set of tools to edit PDF files, there's less need to switch between different applications to manage and update the contents of your PDF files.

As a PDF editor, Nitro PDF Professional gives you the complete tool set to edit any text, graphics, pages, security, links, bookmarks, and metadata contained in your PDF files, allowing you to prepare PDF files that are ready and optimized for distribution. Best of all, with our PDF editor you can edit documents made from any PDF creation tool, including those originally produced in Adobe^® Acrobat^®.

Edit text in PDF

Fix typos directly on your PDF files instead of going back to the source file in another application (such as Microsoft^® Word, Excel^®, or WordPerfect). You can change the type of font face, size and color of existing text, correct word and character spacings, and insert new text straight into your PDF files. When you need the PDF editor to insert text across more than one page at a time, use the header, footer and Bates number tools to insert permanent text, numbering and dynamic text like date, author, title and more.

Key PDF editor features:

• Edit text inside PDF files
• Insert text into PDF files
• Insert headers & footers
• Add Bates numbering

Edit graphics & images in PDF

For last minute changes to images in PDF files, Nitro PDF Professional's advanced image editing tools enable you to select, move, resize, rotate, copy, paste, and delete. To insert images into one or more pages - with full control over the final appearance, size, opactity and more - Nitro Pro allows you to add images as watermarks or overlays.

Key PDF editor features:

• Insert, delete, replace, extract images
• Resize and crop images
• Edit image properties, including resolution, brightness, contrast, and color space
• Add stamps and watermarks

Interactivity in PDF

Adding bookmarks and links to your PDF files makes them easier to use and navigate. By applying an action to a PDF bookmark or link you can make your document much easier to navigate. Users can quickly jump to other pages in the PDF file, or to web pages. The Nitro Pro PDF editor includes industry-leading tools for automating the process of bookmark and link creation, as well as tools to manually edit the appearance and actions of individual bookmarks and links.

Key PDF editor features:

• PDF bookmarks
• PDF links

Edit PDF properties & optimize file size

Editing document properties (including metadata) and removing unwanted objects from a PDF will produce a more professional, client-ready PDF file. With Nitro PDF Professional's optimization tool, you can compress images and remove objects such as form fields, annotations, bookmarks, JavaScript and more to produce a smaller size PDF file. For documents that may be indexed for searching, adding information to metadata fields will aid search filtering, and choosing 'initial view' settings (such as the magnification level) will allow you to customize how the PDF file appears when opened.

Key PDF editor features:

• Optimize & shrink PDF files
• Set the document information metadata
• Set the Initial View

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