Add Text Tool

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Add Text Tool


 

Editor-Icon Add Text Tool

 


 

Click Add Text Tool to add text to the base content layer of documents:

 

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Figure 1. Tools Tab Submenu. Add Text Tool

 

When this tool is selected the pointer will become a cross icon. Move the icon to the desired location and click to designate the location of the new text box. Text can then be entered as desired. A sample text box is displayed in (figure 2). (Please note that it is not possible to add text to areas of documents that PDF-XChange Editor already recognizes as text-based).

 

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Figure 2. Add Text Tool Example

 

Click and drag the central yellow control points on either side of text boxes to resize them horizontally. (It is not possible to resize text boxes vertically until text has been entered).

Click and drag the green control point at the top to rotate text boxes. Hold down Shift to rotate at increments of fifteen degrees.

Use the editing aids detailed here to assist in the precise placement of text boxes.

Enter the desired text in the text box. Press Enter to start new lines. The options in the Properties Toolbar can be used to adjust the text style. See here for a list of available options.

Right-click completed text boxes for further options. See here for an explanation of these options.

 

Please note that to select text after a text box has been completed it is necessary to click to select the text box and then click again to select the text. This is because PDF-XChange Editor must recognize text boxes and the text that text boxes contain as separate items as they feature different editing options. See here for information on editing text boxes.