Open a PDF document in Acrobat, and then choose Tools > Edit PDF.
Last updated on
22 Jul 2024
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Also applies to Adobe Acrobat
Enhanced editing capabilities with the new auto-adjust layout experience
Acrobat introduces enhanced editing capabilities that provide you with a seamless multi-page editing experience for qualified PDF documents by reflowing content and auto-adjusting layout across pages, like in a Word processor. When you open a PDF document for editing, Acrobat tries to identify the document's structural elements, layout, and order of information. Based on the analysis, Acrobat decides whether the document is qualified for the enhanced editing experience.
Key features
You no longer have to manually adjust the content to fix overlaps while editing a PDF document. The new auto-adjust layout mode in Acrobat automatically adjusts the content and reflows.
Key features:
- Text and images adjust automatically across pages as you edit.
- Document layout and margin are preserved while editing.
- Navigate and select text freely across paragraphs using the cursor.
- Make text or images inline or in front of document content.
- Select content easily across boxes on a page.
Edit PDFs using the auto-adjust layout mode
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Acrobat uploads your PDF to the cloud for background processing and collects detailed metadata like layout, margins, heading, text, figures and artifacts, styling info, and more. Based on the analysis, if the document is qualified, Acrobat displays the message - the auto-adjust layout is on.
NoteBased on the analysis, if the PDF document is not qualified for the new editing experience, the information collected during the analysis is discarded.
Auto-adjust layout enhancements for tables in PDF
Now you can move or resize a table, edit the text inside the table, add images, cut or copy the table, and much more.
NoteThe auto-adjust layout feature does not support editing of tables covering more than 80% of the page on resizing.
Move or resize a table
A table can be resized or moved as a whole within the margins of the page, not row by row.
Edit text within a table
You can now edit the text of the inner text boxes inside the table. The table size increases or decreases accordingly as per the entered text.
Cut, copy, or move text boxes within a table
You can cut or copy the table as a whole or text boxes within the table with the active or inactive cursor.
You can also move the text boxes within the table or outside the table in the PDF.
Text box selection within the table
Text box selection within the table 
Text box moved outside the table
Text box moved outside the table Add text or images in a table
You can now add text and images within a table.
Add image and text inside a table
Add image and text inside a table What happens if the new experience is not available for a PDF document
When Acrobat detects that the PDF does not qualify for the new auto-adjust layout mode, it displays the message - Auto-adjust layout is off. You can continue editing the PDF using the Edit PDF tool as before without the auto-adjusting capabilities.
To know more about the unsupported files, click More Details.
