Edit a table cell in a Microsoft Word printout
Change the value in a table cell and keep the table's borders and alignment. This works on the PDF Microsoft Word printed, even when its letters are only drawn shapes.
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How to do it
- 1.Drop your Microsoft Print to PDF file into MythosPDF. Drawn letters are turned back into text in a few seconds.
- 2.Click the cell's text and type the new value.
- 3.Press Enter to save the line, then Export PDF.
How Microsoft Word prints
- • Printing from Word sends the laid out page to the driver, so the PDF looks exactly like the print preview.
- • Microsoft 365 uses Aptos by default; documents from before 2023 usually use Calibri or Times New Roman.
- • Tables print as lines drawn around positioned text.
What that means when you edit a table cell
- • Printed tables are lines drawn around text. After recovery, rows and cells are found from those lines and the recovered words.
- • After export, the recovered text can be selected, copied and searched, which the printout could not do.
What happens to the rest of the page
- • Right aligned numbers grow to the left so columns stay lined up.
- • Longer text wraps inside the cell and the row grows.
Questions people ask
+Can I fill an empty cell?
Yes. Click inside the empty cell and type.
+Why can't I select text in my Microsoft Print to PDF file?
The driver often draws every letter as a shape instead of writing text. MythosPDF reads those shapes and turns them back into real text before you edit.
+Is it better to reprint from Microsoft Word?
If you still have the Microsoft Word file and a lot to change, yes. For a quick fix to the PDF you already have, editing it is faster.
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