Edit pdf files with Adobe Acrobat Professional

Delete text

Adobe Acrobat X Pro

1. Click "Tools" to open Tools Pane.
2. Expand "Content".
3. Click "Edit Document Text".
4. Select the text to be deleted and press delete.

Program versions to 9

1. Go to Tools > Advanced Editing > TouchUp Text Tool
2. Select the text to be deleted and press delete.

Delete text that is part of a larger object

Sometimes it is not possible to remove text, because it is part of a larger object, without removing the whole object. In order to remove part of an object, that part must be converted to a separate object.

Program versions to 9

1. Go to Tools > Advanced Editing > TouchUp Reading Order Tool
2. A new window is opened. Select the part you want to remove, i.e the part you want to make into a separate object.
3. Choose "Background". Close the window.
4. Go to Tools > Advanced Editing > TouchUp Object Tool
5. Click on the object you want to remove, so that it is selected, and then press delete.

Move and rotate an object, e.g. a page number

Adobe Acrobat X Pro

1. Click "Tools"  to open Tools Pane.
2. Expand "Content".
3. Click "Edit Object".
4. Click the object that is to be moved and rotated to select it.
5. Right Click the object and choose the alternative for rotation.
6. Move the object with the mouse or the arrow keys to the desired location.

Delete pages

Adobe Acrobat X Pro

Program versions to 9

1. Go to Document > Delete pages
2. Enter the pages to be removed.
3. Press OK.

Merge two pdf documents

Adobe Acrobat X Pro

1. Open one of the documents.
2. Click "Tools" to open Tools Pane.
3. Expand "Pages".
4. Click "Insert from File".
5. Find the document that is to be merged into document 1.
6. Decide whether document 2 is to be added before or after the first or last page, or any other page, in document 1.
7. Click OK.

Program versions to 9

1. Open one of the documents.
2. Go to Document > Insert pages
3. Find the document that is to be merged into document 1.
4. Decide whether document 2 is to be added before or after the first or last page, or any other page, in document 1.
5. Click OK.

Save a part of a pdf document

Adobe Acrobat X Pro

1. Open the pdf document containing the pages you want to save.
2. Click "Tools" to open Tools Pane.
3. Expand "Pages".
4. Click "Extract".
5. Note the pages you want to extract, i.e. the pages to be saved separately. Mark that the pages are to be extracted to a separate file. (Not to be removed.)
6. Save and name the file.

Program versions to 9

1. Open the pdf document containing the pages you want to save.
2. Go to Document > Extract pages
3. Note the pages you want to extract, i.e. the pages to be saved separately. Mark that the pages are to be extracted to a separate file. (Not to be removed.)
4. Save and name the file.