Adobe acrobat reader 7.0 User Manual
Indicating text edits
If commenting is enabled in an Adobe PDF document, you can use text edit comments to
indicate where text should be edited in the source file. (See
indicate where text should be edited in the source file. (See
PDF document. Instead, they indicate which text should be deleted, inserted, or replaced
in the source file from which the Adobe PDF document was created. Text in the document
marked to be deleted appears crossed out. Text to be inserted appears in a pop-up window,
and a caret indicates where the text is to be inserted. You can also highlight or underline
selected text.
in the source file from which the Adobe PDF document was created. Text in the document
marked to be deleted appears crossed out. Text to be inserted appears in a pop-up window,
and a caret indicates where the text is to be inserted. You can also highlight or underline
selected text.
To indicate where text should be inserted:
1. On the Commenting toolbar, choose the Indicate Text Edits tool
from the Text Edits
pop-up menu.
2. Click between the words or characters where you want to insert text.
3. Do any of the following:
3. Do any of the following:
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Choose Insert Text At Cursor from the Text Edits pop-up menu.
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Type the text you want to insert, or choose Insert Text At Cursor from the Text Edits pop-
up menu and then, in the pop-up window that appears, type the text to be inserted.
up menu and then, in the pop-up window that appears, type the text to be inserted.
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To indicate that a new paragraph should be added, press Enter or Return, and then close
the pop-up window without adding text. The paragraph insertion caret appears.
the pop-up window without adding text. The paragraph insertion caret appears.
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To indicate that a space should be added, press the spacebar, and then close the pop-up
window without adding text. The space insertion caret
window without adding text. The space insertion caret
appears.
You can also indicate text edits by using the Select tool
to select text or place
the pointer, and then choose the Insert Text At Cursor command
from the Text Edits
pop-up menu on the Commenting toolbar. You can also right-click (Windows) or Control-
click (Mac OS) selected text, and then choose Replace Text (Comment).
click (Mac OS) selected text, and then choose Replace Text (Comment).
To indicate where text should be replaced:
1. On the Commenting toolbar, choose the Indicate Text Edits tool
from the Text Edits
pop-up menu.
2. Select the text you want to replace.
3. Press Enter or Return, or choose Replace Selected Text from the Text Edits pop-up menu,
3. Press Enter or Return, or choose Replace Selected Text from the Text Edits pop-up menu,
and then do one of the following:
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Type the text to be inserted or added. This text appears in a pop-up window. Any selected
text is crossed out. The insertion caret appears.
text is crossed out. The insertion caret appears.
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To indicate that a new paragraph should be added, close the pop-up window without
adding text. The paragraph insertion caret appears.
adding text. The paragraph insertion caret appears.
To indicate which text should be deleted:
1. On the Commenting toolbar, choose the Indicate Text Edits tool
from the Text Edits
pop-up menu.
2. Select the text, and then press Backspace or Delete, or choose the Cross Out Text For
Deletion command
from the Text Edits pop-up menu.
To associate a note with a text edit:
Using the Indicate Text Edits tool
, select the text, and then choose Add Note To
Selected Text from the Text Edits pop-up menu on the Commenting toolbar.
To delete text edit markups:
Do one of the following:
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the markup, such as the highlighting or
cross-out, and then choose Delete.
cross-out, and then choose Delete.
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Select the Hand tool
, click the markup, and then press Delete.
If markup comments are stacked, use the Comments List to delete the markups. (See