Word 2013 uses a new function, called PDF Reflow, that enables you to import PDF files right into Word and edit the message as a Word file. You can then resave or export the text as a PDF file.

KEEP IN MIND: The PDF Reflow attribute in Word 2013 works ideal with files that are mostly message. If there are graphics in the PDF file, Word seems to have concerns with them, and also you may shed your pictures. It may likewise take Word a couple of minutes to open up a PDF documents in edit setting, depending upon how huge the documents is.

To open a PDF file in Word 2013, click the FILE tab.

Click the Open choice left wing and afterwards click Computer if your PDF data gets on your local hard drive. You can additionally open files from SkyDrive or another area using Add a Place.

If opening up a PDF data on your neighborhood disk drive, click one of the Recent Folders on the right or click the Browse switch to discover your data.

Browse to the place of your PDF file, pick it, and also click Open.

The following dialog box displays, cautioning you concerning the moment it might take to transform your paper. It likewise cautions you that your document may not look like the original if there are a lot of graphics.

NOTE: You can skip this dialog next time by selecting the Don’t show this message again check box.

The PDF documents opens in Word, as well as you can edit it, adding, erasing, changing, and also relocating text.

To convert the record back to a PDF file you can either save it as a PDF file or export it. We will reveal you exactly how to save it as a PDF file. If you prefer to export the file as a PDF file, utilize the Export choice on the FILE tab as well as and select the PDF/XPS layout.

To save the file as a PDF file, click the FILE tab as well as click the Save As choice on the left.

Select the area where you intend to save the PDF data. You can wait to your SkyDrive account, your neighborhood hard drive using the Computer alternative, or a different place making use of Add a Place. We selected to save it to our regional disk drive, so we picked Computer and after that clicked Browse.

NOTE: To avoid this screen and also go directly to the Save As dialog box, see our article concerning bypassing the Backstage display when saving brand-new files in Word 2013.

On the Save As dialog box, navigate to the preferred place to save your PDF data as well as get in a name for the file in the File name modify box. Select PDF (*. pdf) from the Save as type drop-down checklist. The Options switch screens providing you the opportunity to define setups for your PDF data.

KEEP IN MIND: We suggest saving your changed PDF file under a new name, leaving the original PDF data the same.

Adjustment the desired settings for your PDF file on the Options dialog box as well as click OK.

You are gone back to the Save As dialog box, where you can click Save to save your modified PDF documents.

The new PDF documents automatically opens up in the default PDF reader.

To shut your initial PDF file, click the FILE tab in Word and also click the Close option on the left.

You will be asked if you intend to save changes to the initial PDF documents. Given that we saved the modified PDF documents with a brand-new name, we don’t wish to conserve changes to the original PDF documents. Click Don’t Save to maintain your initial PDF documents undamaged.

For the example in this article, we developed a PDF documents making use of arbitrary text produced using the cost-free tool discussed in this short article.