Editing Objects with the Touchup Object Tool

This tool functions on inserted Clip Art, Watermarks and pictures inserted from image files. Insert such pictures by defining a rectangle with this tool and selecting the shortcut menu item Place image.

Use the Touchup Object tool to select an image or object in a PDF document and rotate or move it to a new location. The Touchup Object tool is only used for last-minute corrections to images and objects in a PDF document. For major revisions, use the original authoring application, and then re-generate the PDF document.

You can however use the object’s shortcut menu item Edit Image. This opens the picture in your default image editor, where you can modify it. When you save it, the modified form is returned to the PDF. Go to Edit > Preferences > TouchUp to define your preferred image editor.

Text boxes are selected as objects. The Touchup Object tool cannot select individual characters. Use the Touchup Text tool to edit characters and words.
 

Note

Comments and stamps cannot be selected or modified using Touchup tools.

To edit an object with the Touchup Object tool

1. Click the Touchup Object tool on the Standard Toolbar or select Tools > Touchup >Touchup Object tool

2. Select the image or object, and then rotate or drag it to the desired location;

3. Right-click to choose options from the shortcut menu: flip, rotate by 45 degree steps, set/clear transparency.

4. Group or ungroup objects as described below.

5. Choose Properties to change object attributes.

6. If the Select Parent Group option is active, the object belongs to a group. Nevertheless, it can be edited by itself.

You can also rotate an object by any angle, using its handle.

To group objects

1. Click the Touchup Object tool on the Standard Toolbar or select Tools > Touchup >Touchup Object tool.

2. Hold down the Shift key, and click each object you want to group.

3. Right-click within the selection area and choose Group.

Notes

Objects cannot be grouped (the Group option is inactive) if any of them already belongs to a group. For such objects, the Select Parent Group option is active.

Grouping objects is only effective while the group remains selected. To handle them as a group afterwards, select any of them and choose Select Parent Group in the shortcut menu.

To ungroup grouped objects

1. Click the Touchup Object tool on the Standard Toolbar or select Tools > Touchup >Touchup Object tool.

2. Choose Select Parent Group to view the group, right-click within it and choose Ungroup.

3. Click outside the selection for ungrouping to have effect.

Editing Objects with the Touchup Object Tool