How to Add Text to a PDF Document
Using Adobe Acrobat you can add text to your PDF files. These may be last minute notations that you wish to insert. Or you may find that an addition brings more to the overall look and feel of the document's information. For whatever reasons you want to add text to your PDF file, Acrobat's Text Annotation Tool makes this task simple.
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Instructions
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Open Adobe Acrobat and allow it to completely load on your screen.
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Open the PDF file for which you want to add text. Select "File" then "Open," then select your file name from the populated list. From the list of tools on the far left corner select the button that appears as a sheet of paper with the edge upturned by selecting and holding the left mouse button. This will load the Annotation Flyout Menu on your screen.
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Select the icon on the Annotation Flyout Menu that looks like "T+." This is the Text Annotation Tool. Select the areas in which you want to add text one at a time so that a text box appears on the screen. Type the text you want added to this PDF file in the text box, then click an alternative area of the screen to close the text box. If you want to edit or change the font or size select the "Hand Tool" (looks like a little hand) then select the text you entered with the Hand Tool. Select "Properties" under the Edit menu. When the Properties dialog box loads make the changes of your choice. Select "OK."
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Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for all text you wish to add to this PDF file.
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