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Change a phone number in a scanner apps PDF

Swap in a new phone number on a flyer, letterhead, business card or contact line. This works on the PDF scanner apps exported, so you do not need the original file.

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How to do it

  1. 1.Open the PDF exported from scanner apps in MythosPDF.
  2. 2.Select the old number and type the new one.
  3. 3.Press Enter to save the line, then Export PDF.

How scanner apps writes PDFs

  • • Scans are images of the page, sometimes with a hidden text layer from OCR.
  • • The visible text is pixels, not letters.

What that means when you change a phone number

  • • Scanned pages are pictures of text. Use OCR PDF to make them searchable; typing into a scan is a separate, image based process.

What happens to the rest of the page

  • • Numbers next to icons stay beside their icon; the row moves as a unit if the number gets longer.
  • • Plus signs and brackets are set in the same font as the digits.

Questions people ask

+Will the phone icon move?

Only if the text in front of it gets wider. Icons in a contact row move along with their text.

+Is it better to edit in scanner apps?

If you have the original scanner apps 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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