This default behavior can lead to fonts with an inconsistent appearance in a PDF document. To make it consistent throughout all the PDFs, instead of using the default settings, you can choose a specific font for both Add Text and the fallback option in edit text features using the Font Options under the Content Editing preferences.
Note: To restore the default behavior, select Let Acrobat choose in the drop-down list. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Change the default font for adding text and fallback font for editing PDF Search.
Adobe Acrobat User Guide. Select an article: Select an article:. You cannot drag a text block to another page, or move or rotate individual characters or words within a text box. However, you can copy text boxes and paste them on another page. Resizing a text box causes the text to reflow within the new text box boundaries. It does not change the size of the text. As with other text edits, resizing is limited to the current page.
Text does not flow to the next page. Place the pointer over the line of the bounding box avoid the selection handles. When the cursor changes to Move pointer , drag the box to the desired location. Hold down the Shift key as you drag to constrain the movement vertically or horizontally.
Click and hold the Rotation pointer , drag in the direction you want it to rotate. Place the pointer over any of the circular selection handles, and drag the handle to resize the text block. If you want to mark up selected text with highlight, strikethrough, or underline, use the Comment tool. The actual text doesn't change in the PDF. Those mark ups only indicate where and how the text should be edited in the source file.
For more information, see Highlight, strikethrough, or underline text. You can use annotation and drawing markup tools to add comments. Comments are notes and drawings that communicate ideas or provide feedback for PDFs. You can type a text message using the Sticky Note tool. Alternatively, you can use a drawing tool to add a line, circle, or other shape and then type a message in the associated pop-up note.
For more information, see Use annotation and drawing markup tools to add comments in PDFs. You can add items to a numbered or bulleted list, create list items, convert an existing paragraph to a list item, convert an existing list item to a paragraph, and convert from one list type to another.
Acrobat detects paragraphs and lists separately. Therefore, both paragraph and list may appear in the same bounding box while editing. After you save or save as the changed file and reopen it, the paragraph and list items are displayed in separate bounding boxes.
You can also use Keyboard to add a list item. For instructions, see Fill and sign your PDF form. You can create, distribute, track, fill, and sign PDF forms using Acrobat.
For more information, see PDF forms help. For more information, see Rotate, move, delete, extract, or renumber PDF pages. Acrobat lets you add a header and footer throughout a PDF. Headers and footers can include a date, automatic page numbering, Bates numbers for legal documents, or the title and author. You can selectively apply a background to only specific pages or page ranges in one or more PDFs. A PDF supports only one background per page, but the backgrounds can vary from page to page.
For more information, see Add backgrounds to PDFs. A watermark is a text or an image that appears either in front of or behind existing document content, like a stamp.
You can add multiple watermarks to one or more PDFs, but you must add each watermark separately. For more information, see Add watermarks to PDFs. We value your feedback. Tell us about your experience with Adobe online help. Give Feedback. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy.
Edit text in PDFs Search. Watch a quick video tutorial and get started. Edit text and images in your PDF now. Click Get Started to launch Acrobat:. Get Started. Add, change, format, delete, or highlight text. Click OK to save the changes and close the Preferences dialog box. Edit the text by doing one of the following:.
Type new text to replace the selected text, or press Delete to remove it. To rotate the text box, use the rotation handle at the top of the selected text box.
Manage list items using the list controls bulleted and numbered in the right-side Format panel. You can create list items, convert an existing paragraph to a list item, convert an existing list item to a paragraph, and convert from one list type to another. Select a font, font size, or other formatting options in the right-side Format panel.
