Removing text from a PDF isn't as easy as drawing a black bar across it. Fortunately, redaction tools let you truly erase sensitive text in Preview, Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, and PDFPen.

Even though Acrobat Reader is designed to display PDF files, the program does possess some editing capabilities. You can open the PDF in Reader and use the Fill & Sign tool to insert text and then ...

If a worker or client has sent you a PDF that you want to edit, you must first extract the text from the PDF and paste it into a word processing program such as Microsoft Word.

If you're wanting to convert an image into text, Google Docs has a powerful Optical Character Recognition feature built right in. Here's how to make it work.

To have Excel insert the PDF, first open the spreadsheet in Excel. Then, click the "Insert" tab on the ribbon menu and click the "Object" icon within the "Text" group of command icons.