How to Convert a Word Document to a Fully Editable Version of a PDF With Acrobat
Microsoft Word is the word processing side of the Microsoft Office line of productivity software. Word provides a wide variety of features geared toward editing text. PDF (Portable Document Format) files are created and distributed in a manner that is accessible by anyone with a PDF-reading program, such as Adobe Reader. You can convert a Word document to a fully editable version of a PDF with the appropriate Adobe Acrobat software by following a few steps.
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Instructions
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Download and install either Adobe Acrobat Standard or Adobe Acrobat Pro. There is a fee associated with both, but a trial version of Pro is available for download from the Adobe website (see Resources).
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Launch the Microsoft Word document for which you want to create an editable PDF. Select the "Open" option under the "File" menu. Find the folder to which the Word document is saved using the "Look in" menu. Click once on the document name, then once on the "Open" button.
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Select the "Print" option under the "File" menu. Choose the "Adobe PDF" option from the "Name" drop-down menu and click once on the "OK" button. This will generate a separate "Save As" window. Choose a folder in which to save the PDF file using the "Save in" menu. Type a name in the "File name" field and click once on the "Save" button. Usually, Adobe Acrobat will populate the "File name" field with the name of the source Word document.
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Open the converted PDF file in the version of Adobe Acrobat that you installed. Select the "Open" option under the "File" menu. Find the folder to which the converted PDF file is saved using the "Look in" menu. Click once on the PDF file name and once on the "Open" button.
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Use the "Document" menu to select the "OCR Text Recognition" option and click once on "Recognize Text Using OCR." Identify the page or pages of the PDF document that you want to scan for recognizable text on the "Recognize Text" window. Use the "Current page" or "From page" options. Click once on the "OK" button. This process will allow you to fully edit the text in the PDF.
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Select the "TouchUp Text Tool" option in the "Advanced Editing" section of the "Tools" drop-down menu. Use the cursor to highlight a section of text that you want to edit. You can delete existing text and type new text. Please note that any new text you type will not "wrap" to a new line, so be conscious of the space available.
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