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V135 Trying to edit PDF

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ChrisG
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I opened a new window and dragged a PDF into it. While the icons in the upper right do not include Edit, I just went to the field I needed to change (an alarm permit renewal, change of email). A box opened "somewhat" over where I clicked, and I was able to enter the new email, but I could not delete the old one. After saving and opening in Acrobat, both emails are written over each other, making both unreadable.

I cannot highlight my old email in the original form in order to select Delete. When I type my new one, a trash can appears, but that is for deleting what I just entered.

I opened a new window and dragged a PDF into it. While the icons in the upper right do not include Edit, I just went to the field I needed to change (an alarm permit renewal, change of email). A box opened "somewhat" over where I clicked, and I was able to enter the new email, but I could not delete the old one. After saving and opening in Acrobat, both emails are written over each other, making both unreadable. I cannot highlight my old email in the original form in order to select Delete. When I type my new one, a trash can appears, but that is for deleting what I just entered.

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Hi ChrisG, Firefox's PDF edit tools are for adding various types of annotations. There isn't a tool for removing data from the underlying PDF, unless it is interactive form field data, which you should be able to modify normally without calling up editing tools.

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markwarner22
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Looks like it does in limited ways.

Modified by markwarner22

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James
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markwarner22 said
How is this a Firefox browser issue? Firefox browser can't edit pdf files unless it has fill in boxes.

https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/features/pdf-editor/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pdf-alt-text#firefox:win10:fx135

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ChrisG
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Thanks, James. That first link says to select Text then where in the doc, but it will not replace anything already in the field. I see no way to delete. For my case, the form contains last year's info, and I need to give them a new email address.

So it seems the pdf edit is still not fully functional? There is no way to delete text already there?

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الحل المُختار

Hi ChrisG, Firefox's PDF edit tools are for adding various types of annotations. There isn't a tool for removing data from the underlying PDF, unless it is interactive form field data, which you should be able to modify normally without calling up editing tools.

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ChrisG
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Thanks. The message when I upgraded to V135 was something like, "Now you can edit your PDFs from within Firefox," with no qualifiers. Edit suggests cut, copy, paste, etc.

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