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Rewrite a paragraph in a LaTeX PDF

Replace a whole paragraph and keep the page design: the new text reflows in the paragraph's own font and width. 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.Select all the text of the paragraph and type or paste the new version.
  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 rewrite a paragraph

  • • 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

  • • Pasted text arrives as plain text, so it takes the paragraph's style instead of the clipboard's.
  • • Shorter text pulls the content below up; longer text pushes it down.

Questions people ask

+Can I paste text from Word?

Yes. It is pasted as plain text and set in the paragraph's own font.

+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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