HOW TO EDIT PDF FILES

        We are all familiar with PDF file format. Because of distinctive traits of this format it is been widely used to exchange all sorts of document. This document includes presentations, CAD drawing, invoices and even legal forms. 

• with preserving original format of the source document PDF files generally provides more compact form.
• PDF file are more secured than the word files. It does not allow any user to modify or delete its constant.
• Bounteous free softwares are available to open PDF files such as Adobe acrobat Reader.

Editing PDF files for free:

        

       We all know PDF files cannot be modified. They are “read only” files by default. But there are some ways that supports editing of PDF files without requiring source files & available for free.

For minor editing:

       
         For instances such as hiding phone number from PDF file before uploading it or picking up highlights for notes; you need to make minor changes to PDF files.

        You can perform such editing with pdfescape, it is an online PDF editor which is free & it also supports edit password- protected PDF documents in browser. 

        With PDFEscape, you can hide* part of file using whiteout tool or you can highlight some part using custom shapes, arrows, text box & sticky notes. You can also add hyperlinks to other web pages.

        For hiding we aren’t changing the associated metadata of PDF file, we just paste an opaque rectangle over region so that the stuff beneath the rectangle stays invisible.

        For editing metadata of PDF files, check out Becy PDF MetaEdit. This utility is free which offers editing in the title, author name and also creation of data, keywords etc.

Editing text in PDF file

       

        For editing PDF file, main task is to convert PDF files into words document or Excel sheets. After conversion file can be edited as per requirement. Then the edited file is exported back into PDF format using any PDF writer.

•   Use stanza to convert PDF file into words document.
•   If PDF contains charts, images, tables &other complex formatting, try online PDF to word converter from BCL Research or one fromNitroPDF.