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Edit objects

Edit Object icon This tool functions on inserted Clip Art, Watermarks and pictures inserted from image files.

A shortcut menu offers similar commands.

Use the Edit Object tool at Edit > Modify to select an image or object in a PDF document and rotate or move it to a new location. This tool is used for making last-minute corrections to images and objects in a PDF document. For major revisions, use Advanced Edit Mode, or the original authoring application, and then regenerate the PDF document.

You can use the object's shortcut menu item Edit Image Externally. Access it by clicking the down arrow on the right of the floating shortcut toolbar. This command opens the picture in your default image editor, where you can modify it. When you save it, the modified form is returned to the PDF. Go to File > Options > Edit Object to define your preferred image editor.

Note

  • This tool cannot select text boxes. Switch to the Select tool or the Hand tool, then double-click on the text box to modify it.

  • Comments and stamps cannot be selected or modified using the Edit Object tool.

Edit an object with the Edit Object tool

  1. Edit Object icon Click the Edit Object tool at Edit > Modify.
  2. Select the image or object, and then rotate or drag it to the desired location.
  3. Either right-click to select options from the shortcut menu (flip, rotate by 45 degree steps, set/clear transparency), or use the tools on the context-sensitive Tools tab.
  4. Group or ungroup objects as described below.
  5. Select Properties to change object attributes.
  6. If the Select Parent Group option is active, the object belongs to a group. Nevertheless, it can be edited by itself.

Handle illustration You can also rotate an object by any angle, using its handle.

Group objects

Objects cannot be grouped (the Group option is inactive) if any of them already belongs to a group. For such objects, the Select Parent Group option is active.

Grouping objects is only effective while the group remains selected. To handle them as a group afterwards, select any of them and select Select Parent Group in the shortcut menu.

  1. Click the Edit Object tool as described above.
  2. Hold down the Shift key while clicking each object you want to group.
  3. Right-click on the selection area and select Group in the context menu, or drop down the Group tool on the Tools tab and then select Group.

Ungroup grouped objects

  1. Click the Edit Object tool as described above.
  2. Select Select Parent Group to view the group, right-click on it and select Ungroup in the context menu, or drop down the Group tool on the Tools tab and then select Unroup.
  3. Click outside the selection for ungrouping to have effect.