{"id":164085,"date":"2021-03-09T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=164085"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:11:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:11:39","slug":"how-to-type-in-adobe-acrobat-in-7-simple-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-type-in-adobe-acrobat-in-7-simple-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Type in Adobe Reader in 7 Simple Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adobe Reader<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> remains at the forefront when it comes to managing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pdf <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(portable document format) files on <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-reader.en.softonic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows<\/a>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-reader.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Android,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-reader.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">iPhone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adobe-reader.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mac<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. When it comes to a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pdf document<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the base content such as the text and images cannot be altered. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adobe Reader <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is equipped with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tools<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to help you to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">add text<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">signatures<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, highlight text, and much more. It didn\u2019t take us long to work out <\/span>how to type in Adobe Reader<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which we\u2019ll share with you today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Type in Adobe Reader<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below we share the steps on how to use <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adobe Acrobat <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">add text to your document<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Open Adobe Reader<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open your version of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adobe Acrobat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or Adobe <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reader DC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164094\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271789\/Step_1_3_atbw9m.png\" width=\"677\" height=\"518\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2: Click on Tools<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on the \u2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tools<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019 tab at the top of the window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164095\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271792\/Step_2_3_bxdkew.png\" width=\"733\" height=\"529\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 3: Click \u2018Fill and Sign\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on \u2018Fill and Sign\u2019. A pencil icon represents it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164096\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271793\/Step_3_3_e7drmn.png\" width=\"724\" height=\"521\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 4: Select Your Pdf<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Select the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pdf <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that you want to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">add text<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164097\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271792\/Step_4_3_bvjd0p.png\" width=\"725\" height=\"383\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 5: Confirm Your Selection<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confirm that you want to fill and sign this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">document<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164098\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271794\/Step_5_1_l6ue7p.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 6: Click the AB Icon<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on the blue AB icon in the toolbar just above the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pdf<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164099\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271796\/Step_6_oquxji.png\" width=\"721\" height=\"516\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 7: Click the Area Where You Want to Type<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Click on the area in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">document<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> where you want to type, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a text box will appear<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You can <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">adjust the text\u2019s size<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by clicking on the smaller or larger A in the toolbar underneath your textbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-164100\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/v1615271801\/Step_7_odigm0.png\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\"><\/p>\n<h3><b>Type to your heart\u2019s content!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now you can easily <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">add text<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, get <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">signatures<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, or complete forms that are in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pdf<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> format.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/30e0f2e8-96d0-11e6-b461-00163ec9f5fa\/1146307800\/adobe-reader-1146307800.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">How to merge pdf files with Adobe Reader\/<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/adobe-reader.en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-merge-pdf-files-with-adobe-reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Read more<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/adobe-reader.en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-merge-pdf-files-with-adobe-reader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adobe Reader remains at the forefront when it comes to managing pdf (portable document format) files on Windows, Android, iPhone, and Mac. When it comes to a pdf document, the base content such as the text and images cannot be altered. Adobe Reader is equipped with tools to help you to add text and signatures, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-type-in-adobe-acrobat-in-7-simple-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Type in Adobe Reader in 7 Simple Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":179513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2363],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-164085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionadobe-reader"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325004,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164085\/revisions\/325004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164085"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=164085"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=164085"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=164085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}