{"id":3743,"date":"2020-12-08T09:48:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/?p=3743"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T18:11:26","slug":"tips-for-creating-editing-pdfs-using-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/tips-for-creating-editing-pdfs-using-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Creating &#038; Editing PDFs using Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>With Adobe\u2019s continually changing licensing demands CNSIT has started to explore alternative methods for creating and editing PDF files.&nbsp; Fortunately, we have found Word is a good alternative that is accessible by everyone on campus.&nbsp; This article will give you tips on how to create and edit PDFs in Word.&nbsp; If this article doesn\u2019t cover an issue you\u2019re having please submit a ticket <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\"><em>https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb<\/em><\/a><em> and we can assist with the issue as well as update this article.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you don\u2019t need to edit a PDF that has been sent to you, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When creating a PDF document in Word you will want to insert all tables, charts, and images using the insert tab.&nbsp; You can use the draw your own table function to create custom tables in which you can insert data, images, charts, and graphs.&nbsp; You will want to add a little extra space between the title of the table and the table itself as well as below the table if you have more content below it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PDFs in Word do not handle graphics on the borders of pages well so avoid those for now.&nbsp; This issue might be patched out with an update in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Adobe\u2019s continually changing licensing demands CNSIT has started to explore alternative methods for creating and editing PDF files.&nbsp; Fortunately, we have found Word is a good alternative that is accessible by everyone on campus.&nbsp; This article will give you tips on how to create and edit PDFs in Word.&nbsp; If this article doesn\u2019t cover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,14],"tags":[60,48,61],"class_list":["post-3743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-cnsit","category-knowledge-base","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-adobe-acrobat","tag-pdf","tag-word"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3743"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4884,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3743\/revisions\/4884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}