How to edit text in a PDF document?

Learn how to edit text formatting in your PDF document with Soda PDF. This guide covers adjusting font, size, color, and other style options to customize your text.

 

Soda PDF Desktop

While editing text, make sure to switch to the Edit mode.

  • Toggle the switch to Edit.

 

switch to edit mode

 

Text Font

 

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  • Select the text that needs a new font.
    • Press and hold the CTRL key and then press the A key to select all the text in a text box at once.
  • Click on the Font Dropdown.
  • Choose the Font you'd like to use.

The text will update with your new font.

 

Bold/Italics

 

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  • Select the text you want to Bold or Italicize.
  • Choose the B to bold.
  • Choose the I to italicize.

 

Font Size

 

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  • Select the text you want to modify.
  • Click the font size dropdown and choose a new size.

 

Font Color

 

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  • Select the text that needs a new color.
  • Click the color selector. Choose a new font color.
    • Click here for more information about picking a custom color.

 

More Adjustments

  • Select the text you want to modify.
  • Click on the More Adjustments icon.

 

more adjustments

 

Superscript/Subscript

A superscript or subscript is an indicator, symbol, or number that is written just above a regular line of type (superscript) or below it (subscript).

  • Choose the left option for Superscript.
  • The right option will set the text as Subscript.

 

 

Also, you can use keyboard shortcuts to make some text appear above or below your normal text: for Superscript – Ctrl + Shift + +; for Subscript – Ctrl + Shift + -.

 

Horizontal Scaling

This option will let you select the text, and proportionately increase or decrease its size while respecting other formatting.

  • Choose an option from the dropdown.
    • You can also type a number directly into the box.

 

 

Character Spacing

This will let you modify the distance between characters in your document. When set to 0, it will use standard spacing. Positive numbers will increase the spacing and going below zero will decrease the spacing.

  • Choose an option from the dropdown.
    • You can also type a number directly into the box.

 

 

 

Scanned Documents

Some files are created directly from a scanner, meaning that while the content may look like text, each page is actually an image. You can identify scanned pages by the red border that surrounds them.

Below is an example of a scanned PDF page:

 

Scanned Documents

 

In order to edit this document's text, you will need to use OCR (Optical Character Recognition). OCR will scan the image, unlocking any text it can find for editing. Click here to learn more about using OCR.

 

If the OCR module is not available for you, you can purchase it here.

 

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