Edit text in PDFs

In Acrobat, on the Edit menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog box is displayed.
(Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+K keys on Windows or Command+K keys on macOS.)

In the dialog box, click Content Editing under Categories. The Font Options are displayed as shown in the screenshot below.

Select an appropriate font in the drop-down lists:

• Fallback Font for Editing
• Default Font for Add Text and Font Size
  

Click OK to save the changes and close the Preferences dialog box.

Choose Tools > Edit PDF > Edit .

Select the text you want to edit. The text-box turns blue upon selection, and a rotation handle appears at the top of the selected text-box.

• 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. You can also use the advanced format options, such as line spacing, character spacing, horizontal scaling, stroke width, and color.

Choose Tools > Edit PDF > Edit .

Select the text you want to change.

In the right-side Format panel, select a font, font size, or other formatting options. You can also use the advanced format options, such as line spacing, character spacing, horizontal scaling, stroke width, and color.

Select Tools > Edit PDF > Add Text .

For vertical text, right-click the text box, and choose Make Text Direction Vertical.

The Add text tool intelligently detects the following text properties of text close to the point of click:

• Font name, size, and color
• Character, paragraph, and line spacing
• Horizontal scaling

These text properties are automatically applied to the text that you add at the point of click.

You can change the text properties using the options under Format in the right pane.

To move the text box, 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 new location. To maintain alignment with the other list items, press Shift as you drag.

Select Tools > Edit PDF > Edit .

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.

Select Tools > Edit PDF > Edit .

Do the following:

To add or remove items from a numbered or bulleted list:

• You can add or remove items to the list at all nested levels using the same familiar controls that you use in MS Office. For example, press Enter at the end of a list item to insert a new row. Press Backspace to remove the new row and position the cursor back to the end of the previous list item.