When dealing with PDF documents, we often need to delete some of the text content. Due to the characteristics of PDF format, directly modify the text content is not as convenient as editing Word documents, usually need to use professional tools to complete. With the PDF text deletion feature, you can accurately locate the text paragraphs that need to be deleted and remove them from the document, while maintaining the integrity of other elements on the page. This method not only avoids the complexity of remaking the entire document, but also ensures that the revised document maintains the original layout. The following section describes how to delete specified text in a PDF document, as well as related considerations.
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1. HeSoft Doc Batch Tool
Advantages:
- the function is convenient to use, there is no code technical requirements, and ordinary office personnel can directly use it.
- You can delete multiple pdf files at once, or you can delete multiple specified words at once, without limiting the size of the original file.
Disadvantages:
- you need to install software on your computer.
Operation steps:
1. Open 【 HeSoft Doc Batch Tool ], click [PDF Tools] in the left column, and the software interface will be displayed as follows. Then click [1, find and replace keywords in PDF]].
2. Click [Add File] to add the PDF file that needs to be deleted. Upload and process multiple files at a time, and there is no limit on the number and size of files.
3. Set deletion rules. Select [Accurate Text Search], check [Ignore Case of Letters] as required, then fill in the words to be deleted in the input box of [List of Keywords to Search], and press [Enter] to separate them. [Replaced Keyword List] is not filled in to indicate deletion.
4. Then set the save location and wait for the software to process the file. After completion, the software interface will be displayed as follows.
2. WPS built-in features
advantages:
- WPS comes with PDF editing function. Its users do not need to install other software or plug-ins or log in to other web-side tools to use this function.
Disadvantages:
- you can only delete keywords in one pdf file at a time, and you cannot batch process many files.
- During the deletion process, you can only manually search and delete content, and you cannot select and delete all keywords at once through the search function.
Operation steps:
1. Open the pdf file that needs to delete words in WPS, click [Edit] → [Edit Content], and the software interface will be displayed as follows.
2. Find the word to be deleted and delete it manually.
3. After the deletion is completed, press [Ctrl S] to save.
3. AVE PDF
advantages:
- open the web page directly in the browser and use it without installing software to occupy the computer memory.
Disadvantages:
- this feature is used a limited number of times, and processing more files requires users to have a membership.
- One operation can only delete keyword words in one pdf file, and batch processing of files is not supported.
Operation steps:
1. Open the webpage where AVE PDF is located, select [Delete PDF Text] in the function menu, and the webpage will display the following interface.
2. Click [Select File] to upload the PDF file that needs to delete the text content to the webpage. Only one PDF file can be uploaded and processed here, and the maximum file size is 128MB, beyond which processing will not be supported.
3. After uploading the file, select the deletion range, fill in the text to be deleted, and click [Delete Text]].
4. After the deletion is completed, click [Download] to save the new file locally.
4. processing using OCR technology
advantages:
- first of all, the pdf file is converted into a word document, which can make use of the rich editing function of word file to find and replace the file comprehensively and systematically.
Disadvantages:
- the steps are tedious. First, convert pdf into word document. After the modification is completed, convert word into pdf format.
- The layout of the original document may be misplaced.
Operation steps:
1. Open the PDF file to be changed in WPS, click to convert the PDF file into a word document, and click [File] → [Save As] → [Export to Word] → [Convert]].
2. Open the newly converted Word file with WPS, and press [Ctrl H] to pop up a window to replace the settings. Fill in the words to be deleted in [Find], and the input box of [Replace with] will not be filled in. Click [Replace All]].
3. The specified keywords in the full text will be deleted. After checking and confirming that they are correct, click [File] → [Export to PDF]. In the new pop-up export setting window, after setting the export page range and position as required, click the green icon [Output to PDF].
5. iLovePDF
advantages:
- the web page side processes files online, just open the web page where this tool is located in the browser.
Disadvantages:
- only one pdf file can be processed at a time, and specified words in bulk pdf files cannot be deleted.
- You can only search for and delete text manually. Full-text search and deletion are not supported. This operation may be inefficient.
Operation steps:
1. Open the web page of the iLovePDF in the browser, select [Edit PDF File], and enter the interface shown in the figure below.
2. Click the red icon [Select a PDF File] to upload the file to be modified to the web page. Only one pdf file can be uploaded here. If multiple files need to be processed, they should be uploaded again after one processing is completed.
3. After the file is uploaded, click the [Edit] key, and the web page will convert the file into an editable form. At this time, the text to be deleted can be found and deleted.
4. After the deletion is completed, click [Edit PDF File], wait for the new file to be generated, and finally click [Download] to save the new file to the local.
Summary
this article shares 5 ways to delete words in PDF documents, which are basically simple to operate. However, in addition to the first tool, other methods do not support batch processing, and can not delete multiple sets of keywords at once. Therefore, although the first tool needs to use some memory installation on the computer, it must be other methods in terms of operation convenience and processing efficiency. In addition, the software also has a variety of functions to deal with PDF, Word, PPT, Excel and other common file types, which can basically solve all file processing problems for office workers.
If only a small number of keywords in PDF files need to be temporarily deleted, WPS users can directly use methods 2 and 4 to manually find the words to be deleted and delete them. However, when using method 4 to convert the file format, the software may limit the converted page range and the number of files. Non-WPS users can use the online tools AVE PDF and iLovePDF introduced in Methods 3 and 5. They can use it directly without installing software and opening the web page in the browser. However, it should be noted that online processing may not be sufficient for the security of file information, and it is best to only process files that are not very private.