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How to insert images, change the formatting or edit the text of your PDF files without the expensive Acrobat software.
If you need to make changes in an existing PDF file, you need to get hold of the original document that was used to create the PDF, make the edits in the source document and export it as a PDF again. This is the best option since the document’s layout and formatting will be preserved in the new PDF file and you don’t even need an external PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat.
However, if you do not have access to the source document this may problem for you ,but you can still edit your PDF files in the browser using the free Word app. It may not be able to handle PDF files with complex layouts, or that are mostly comprised of charts and images but for text based PDF, Word is a probably a good options for fixing typos or manipulating text and images in PDFs.
Here are some of the steps that tell you how to edit the PDF document using the Word web app.
1.Make sure you have Microsoft account , then go to onedrive.com and sign-in with your Microsoft account.After getting logged in, drag a PDF file that you want to edit from the desktop onto the OneDrive website to upload it.
2.Once the PDF file is uploaded, double-click to open the PDF file in the Word online app. Remember it is only uploaded yet, you can only view it till now and it is not editable yet.
3.Click the Edit in Word button to open the PDF file for editing.Click yes when OneDrive asks for your permissions to convert the PDF into Word format (it makes a copy so your original PDF is unaltered).
4.Once the file is converted to PDF, click the Edit button to open the converted document in the Word app for editing.
Since you now editing the PDF as a standard Word document, you can edit it to your heart’s content what you feel. You can add content such as images,you can change the logo, modify the text or apply different formatting, add tables and more. Once you are finalized with your changes , go to the File menu and choose Save As to download it as a PDF file again.
Also, Word Online is totally free (like Google Docs) and you do not need to have a Microsoft Office 365 license nor you need to install any of the Office software on your desktop to make quick edits to PDF files.But the only limitation is that the some layout of paragraphs, tables, or images in the PDF may be changed or lost after conversion and thus may require an extra effort to recreate the original layout.
If you need to make changes in an existing PDF file, you need to get hold of the original document that was used to create the PDF, make the edits in the source document and export it as a PDF again. This is the best option since the document’s layout and formatting will be preserved in the new PDF file and you don’t even need an external PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat.
However, if you do not have access to the source document this may problem for you ,but you can still edit your PDF files in the browser using the free Word app. It may not be able to handle PDF files with complex layouts, or that are mostly comprised of charts and images but for text based PDF, Word is a probably a good options for fixing typos or manipulating text and images in PDFs.
Now Edit PDF Files with Word Online
Here are some of the steps that tell you how to edit the PDF document using the Word web app.
1.Make sure you have Microsoft account , then go to onedrive.com and sign-in with your Microsoft account.After getting logged in, drag a PDF file that you want to edit from the desktop onto the OneDrive website to upload it.
2.Once the PDF file is uploaded, double-click to open the PDF file in the Word online app. Remember it is only uploaded yet, you can only view it till now and it is not editable yet.
3.Click the Edit in Word button to open the PDF file for editing.Click yes when OneDrive asks for your permissions to convert the PDF into Word format (it makes a copy so your original PDF is unaltered).
4.Once the file is converted to PDF, click the Edit button to open the converted document in the Word app for editing.
Since you now editing the PDF as a standard Word document, you can edit it to your heart’s content what you feel. You can add content such as images,you can change the logo, modify the text or apply different formatting, add tables and more. Once you are finalized with your changes , go to the File menu and choose Save As to download it as a PDF file again.
Also, Word Online is totally free (like Google Docs) and you do not need to have a Microsoft Office 365 license nor you need to install any of the Office software on your desktop to make quick edits to PDF files.But the only limitation is that the some layout of paragraphs, tables, or images in the PDF may be changed or lost after conversion and thus may require an extra effort to recreate the original layout.
