Edit text in PDFs Part 3

Edit text in PDFs Part 3

Check spelling and edit dictionaries for spell check:

You can check spellings in Acrobat to make sure that your PDF has no spelling errors.

macOS

  1. 1. From the top left, select Edit > Check Spelling > Check Spelling in Comments and Fields.

    Check spellings in comments and fields option is highlighted in Acrobat.

  2. 2. Select Start from the Check Spelling dialog box to begin the spell check. Acrobat searches for any misspellings in the text fields and comments.

  3. 3. If Acrobat finds any spellings wrong, you'll get options to change them from the dialog box. For wrong spellings at multiple locations, you can select Change All to correct all spellings at once.

There might be cases where you want to avoid a particular spelling being flagged as wrong. For such cases, you can add a specific spelling to one or all dictionaries you have in Acrobat. You can also add or exclude words from a dictionary.

To add or exclude words and edit a custom dictionary:

  1. 1. From the top left, select Edit > Check Spelling > Edit Dictionary.

  2. 2. From the Edit Custom Dictionary dialog box, select the dictionary you want to add, delete, or change words from. Then, enter the word in the Entry field and select Add, Delete, or Change as required. Select Done.

Windows

  1. 1. From the hamburger menu   in the top left, select Undo, Redo & more.

  2. 2. Select Check spelling > Check Spelling in Comments and Fields.

You can also select Edit Dictionary to create a custom dictionary for spelling check. 


Change font color:


  1. 1. Select Edit in the global bar.

  2. 2. Select the text that you want to change.

  3. 3. In the Format Text section on the Edit panel, select Font color next to Font size.

    The Edit panel of Acrobat DC is shown here. The change font color feature is highlighted.

  4. 4. For Windows: You see a color panel for Windows to choose the color you want. Select the color you want your text to change into. 
    For macOS: You see a Color dialog box with options to change the font color. You can select the color you want and then close the dialog box to change the font color. 
     

    Change font color panel for Acrobat windows is shown.
    Font color panel in Acrobat for Windows

    Font color fialog box for macOS is shown
    Font color panel in Acrobat for macOS

Change font size:

  1. 1. Select Edit in the global bar. Then, from the Edit panel, select Text under Add Content.

  2. 2. Select the text that you want to change.

  3. 3. In the Format Text section on the Edit panel, from the Font size menu, select the font size you want for the selected text.

    Font size drop down menu is highlighted in Acrobat Desktop


Redo text in Acrobat:

  1. 1. Open the PDF in which you want to redo the text.

  2. 2. (Windows) Select the hamburger menu in the upper left. Then select Undo, Redo & more > Redo.

    (macOS) Select Edit in the upper left. Then select Undo, Redo and More > Redo.

Undo Text in Acrobat:


  1. 1. Open the PDF in which you want to redo the text.

  2. 2. (Windows) Select the hamburger menu in the upper left. Then select Undo, Redo & more > Undo.

    (macOS) Select Edit in the upper left. Then select Undo, Redo and More > Undo.

Change paragraph spacing:


You can change paragraph spacing in Acrobat using format text options:

  1. 1. Select Edit from the global bar in the upper left. 

  2. 2. Select the text for which you want to modify the paragraph spacing. 

  3. 3. From the FORMAT TEXT panel, select Paragraph spacing after drop-down menu and then select the value to adjust spacing as needed. 

Align Text:

You can align the text in PDF to ensure organized appearance. 

  1. 1. Select Edit from the Global bar. 

  2. 2. Select the text you want to align. 

  3. 3. In the left Edit pane, select Text Alignment under FORMAT TEXT.

  4. 4. Select any of the following options as desired: 

    • Align Left: Aligns text to the left margin
    • Center: Centers text between margins
    • Align Right: Aligns text to the right margin
    • Justify: Aligns text to both left and right margins

  5. 5. The selected text will adjust to the chosen alignment.


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