Adding a single-line text box

A new, single-line text box can be added at any time.

  1. Select the Text+ tool from the toolbar.
  2. Click to create a new fixed-size text box. As you type into this box, it will stretch horizontally.
  3. If the font size is too large to fit and you see the red overset box on the right-hand size of the text box, resize the box by dragging on the North, South, East, West resize handles.

Using the Text tool

New text can be added at any time by dragging out a new text box of the required size.

  1. Select the Text tool from the toolbar.
  2. Click and drag to create a new text box.
  3. Choose the required font and size from the Formatting toolbar before editing.
  4. A new text box will grow downwards if there is too much text to fit into it. If you resize the box by dragging one of its handles, it will then retain that shape and no longer grow to accommodate more text.
  5. If you see the red overset box in the bottom right-hand side of the text box, it means there is too much text to fit into the box. Resize the box by dragging on the North, South, East, West resize handles.

Choosing the correct language

When editing PDFs written in various different languages, please remember the following:

  • Hyphenation will only work if the correct language is chosen using the File > Preferences command. If the correct language is not available, it may be better to disable hyphenation.
  • Spell check requires the correct language to be specified using the File > Preferences command.
  • FlexiPDF only supports editing of text read left-to-right. This means editing of Arabic and Hebrew texts is not supported.

Unicode support

FlexiPDF fully supports copy/paste of double-byte characters.

On a Windows PC, a double-byte character can be typed directly by holding down Alt while entering the decimal value of the character using the numeric keypad (ensure that NumLock is lit on your keyboard). The character will be inserted when you release the Alt key.

For example: Alt 0190 = ¾

The character codes can be found by using the Character Map utility available in Microsoft Windows.