Change a name in a Microsoft PowerPoint PDF
Update a person's or organisation's name wherever it appears, in the same typeface as before. This works on the PDF Microsoft PowerPoint exported, so you do not need the original file.
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How to do it
- 1.Open the PDF exported from Microsoft PowerPoint in MythosPDF.
- 2.Select the old name and type the new one.
- 3.Repeat for each place the name appears, then Export PDF.
How Microsoft PowerPoint writes PDFs
- • Each slide becomes one page.
- • Text boxes are placed independently.
- • Theme fonts are embedded as subsets.
What that means when you change a name
- • Each text box on a slide is edited on its own and keeps its alignment. Charts keep their shapes; only their text labels change.
What happens to the rest of the page
- • A longer name pushes the words after it along the line; right aligned names grow to the left.
- • Names often contain letters the PDF has not used yet, like Z, Q or accented letters. The complete font is loaded for them.
Questions people ask
+Should I change names on official documents?
Only on documents you are entitled to change, such as your own drafts, templates and letters.
+Is it better to edit in Microsoft PowerPoint?
If you have the original Microsoft PowerPoint file and a lot to change, yes. For quick changes to the PDF itself, editing the PDF is faster and keeps it exactly as sent.
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