How to mark up text with edits in Adobe Reader?

You know that text edit comments do not change the actual text in the PDF. You can use text edit comments in a PDF to mark up where text should be edited in the source file. This guide will tell you how to mark up text with edits in Adobe Reader.

Adobe Reader is the tool for opening and using Adobe PDFs that are created in Adobe Acrobat. With Adobe Reader you can view, print, and manage PDFs. After opening a PDF in Reader, you have a variety of tools to help you find information quickly. If you receive a PDF form, you can complete it online and submit it electronically. If you receive an invitation to review a PDF, use the commenting and markup tools to annotate it.

Guide on how to mark up text with edits in Adobe Reader.

Step 1: Download Adobe Reader 9 free. And install it on your computer.

Step 2: Double click Adobe Reader icon, make it running. Open the PDF file in which you would like to add comments.

Step 3: Click View in the menu bar. Go to Toolbars, then select More Tools from the drop-down menu. In the More Tools dialog box, check Comment & Markup Toolbar.

Replace text

Step 4: Use the Select tool, or select the Text Edits tool from the Comment & Markup toolbar. Select the text.

Step 5: Right-click and choose Replace Text, and then do one of the following:

Type the text to be inserted or added. This text appears in a pop-up note. Any selected text is crossed out. The insertion caret appears.

To indicate that a new paragraph should be added, close the pop-up note without adding text. The paragraph insertion caret appears.

Add a note to a text edit

Step 4: Using the Select tool or the Text Edits tool from the Comment & Markup toolbar, right-click a text edit.

Step 5: Select Open Pop-Up Note from the menu. Type your note in the pop-up note.

After you finish these steps, you have marked up text with edits in Adobe reader. Following this guide, you will gain two ways to mark up text using text edit in Adobe reader.