How to Make Adjustments to Adobe Reader Files

Adobe Reader files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files. PDF files may be edited, modified and secured using the full version of Adobe Acrobat software. PDFs may be created with Adobe Acrobat, and various additional adjustments may be made to existing PDFs using the software tool. For example, scanned PDFs may be transformed into searchable documents using the OCR tool. Sections of text may also be adjusted and edited using the Touch Up Text tool.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Acrobat (full version)

Instructions

1. Right-click on the Adobe Reader file (PDF).

2. Select "Open With" from the context menu. Adobe Acrobat will appear as a possible selection, if it is installed.

3. Click the "Adobe Acrobat" program link.

4. Click the "Document" section from the left navigation bar, and then make a selection from the menu to adjust document properties. For example, "Add a Header" (or footer) may be selected from this section; changes will be applied to the entire document. From this section, the user may also extract and delete pages from the PDF document.

5. Click the "Tools" option from the top navigation bar, and then select one of the many editing and drawing tools to annotate and modify text within the PDF. The Tools section includes Commenting, Drawing Markups, and Advanced Editing functionality.

6. Make any necessary adjustments using the PDF tools in the Adobe Acrobat application.

7. Save the document by clicking "File" from the top navigation bar, and then selecting "Save" from the menu.

References

• University of Illinois at Chicago: Editing PDF Documents.
• Georgia Southwestern State University: Adobe Acrobat Tutorial

Resources

• Adobe.com: Adobe Acrobat Product Page