Would you consider using Word for editing? Our Drake software
(available as a plug-in or standalone app) converts PDF to RTF and can
preserve the appearance of the page very accurately using Word text boxes.
You would be able to drag individual text boxes around on the page, add
new text, etc., and then convert the file back to PDF.
A free demo of BCL Drake is available from our website at http://www.bcltechnologies.com.
Rachel Burnsed
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"Hackett, Steve" wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions James and Rachel. The ability to add text and move it around is very useful, and I suspect I have much to relearn with the new editing tools. However, before I can add new text, I need to delete the old text. I am finding this difficult - deleting a line of text (after selecting with the TouchUp Text tool) causes other text to move out of place, and I can find no way to restore it. Sometimes a line of text seems inextricably linked to other blocks of text - is there any way to ungroup it? If I try and use the TouchUp Object tool to select a block of text, this can work OK, but when the text object is behind another object, there appears to be no way to tab between objects (which was possible with Version 4.0). If no-one has found any workarounds for these issues, I would rather use Version 4.0 for editing. But does the Acrobat license allow you to use an older product after upgrading? I know Microsoft often explicitly allow this, but I can find no reference on the Adobe Support website, and a phone call to Adobe Support was rather unhelpful. They referred me to the Adobe Legal Dept., who do not appear to be replying to email or voicemail.I realise Acrobat is not an authoring tool, but all I want to do is edit!Steve
