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Edit a footnote in a LaTeX PDF

Correct a footnote or endnote at the bottom of the page. This works on the PDF LaTeX exported, so you do not need the original file.

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How to do it

  1. 1.Open the PDF exported from LaTeX in MythosPDF.
  2. 2.Edit the footnote text.
  3. 3.Press Enter to save the line, then Export PDF.

How LaTeX writes PDFs

  • • pdfTeX embeds Type1 fonts such as Computer Modern.
  • • Kerning and ligatures are written into each line.
  • • Equations are built from many small pieces.

What that means when you edit a footnote

  • • Body text and headings edit well; kerning is preserved around your change. Equations are best changed in the source and recompiled.
  • • LaTeX often uses fonts that are not freely available. Letters already in the PDF are reused exactly; for a letter it never used, MythosPDF asks before using the closest open font and tells you which one.

What happens to the rest of the page

  • • Small footnote text keeps its size and superscript numbers.
  • • Footnotes near the page edge stay inside the page.

Questions people ask

+Can I renumber footnotes?

Edit the numbers yourself; they are ordinary text in the PDF.

+Is it better to edit in LaTeX?

If you have the original LaTeX 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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