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How to Change PDF Text Colour?

Mar 27,2013 14:15 pm / Posted by to eBooks Topics
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It's very easy for us to change text colour in Word. But when you want change text colour of PDF, it seems difficult. Fortunately, some PDF editing tools can help you easily change text colour as you need. Here we introduce several ways for you to easily change PDF text colour.

Tools to Change Font Colour in PDF

1. Change Text Colour with Adobe Acrobat

Step 1: Open a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat. If you don't install the software, download and install a free 30-day trial from the Adobe website.

Step 2: Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Advanced Editing," then click "TouchUp Text Tool."

Step 3: Click and drag your cursor over the text you want to change.

Step 4: Right-click the selected text. Choose "Properties" from the shortcut menu.

Step 5: Click the "Text" tab in the "TouchUp Properties" dialog box.

Step 6: Click the color box next to "Fill." Choose the color you want. Click "Other Color" to choose a color from the color wheel.

Step 7: Click "Close" in the dialog box. The color of the selected text will be changed instantly.

Step 8: Go to "File" menu, then choose "Save" to save the changes.

2. Use Professional PDF Editor

You can use a Mac PDF Editor Pro to easily change PDF text colour on your Mac. It's very powerful for you to delete or add text to PDF, change the font, font size, and set colour. Let's see how it do this.

Step 1: Find the Tools in the toolbar, and double-click the Touchup Tool to edit the text.

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Step 2: Choose the text you want to change color, and right-click to set the Properties.

Step 3: Choose the color that you want to change for PDF text.

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This PDF editor allows you to click anywhere in the document to add, delete and replace elements like text, image, graphics, etc. You can also comment PDF with various annotation tools and manage PDF pages effectively. Try it to edit PDF file on your Mac easily.

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