How to Change Text Color in PDF for Free
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This article explains 3 easy ways to change text color in a PDF, using PDFgear, PDFgear mobile app, and Adobe Acrobat.
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Changing text color in a PDF can highlight important points, so readers don’t miss the key details.
In the following, you’ll discover some free and effective methods to change text color in PDF files!
Change PDF Text Color on Computer for Free
PDFgear is a free PDF text editor for Windows and Mac. It allows you to easily adjust the PDF text color, size, font type, etc. in just a few clicks.
PDFgear offers a dozen of color themes and you can also choose any preferred color using the color picker.
Edit existing text in PDF, change PDF text color, or insert text in scanned PDFs for free.
Step 1. Download and install the PDFgear software, and open it on your computer. Click on Open File and select the PDF document you want to edit.
Open File
Step 2. Click on the “Edit” tab on the upper menubar. Select the Edit Text option to go to the text editing mode. From there, select the text you intend to modify.
Step 3. On the upper formatting toolbar, click on the Color icon and choose your desired color from the color palette.
Change PDF Text Color
Step 4. Once you have changed the text color, click the Save as button to save the edited document.
Click Save as
Change PDF Text Color on Mobile for Free
The PDFgear mobile app makes editing PDFs on your phone super easy, it offers powerful text editing features as good as the desktop version.
To get started, get the PDFgear app from Apple App Store or Google Play.
Step 1. Open the PDFgear app, tap the Plus icon to add a PDF file into PDFgear, and tap on the file in the Files list to open it.
Tap Plus
Step 2. Tap the Edit button above, and then use the upper switcher to go to the Edit text mode.
Go to Edit Text
Step 3. Tap on a text block and select Color to change text color for this block.
Tap Color
Step 4. Select a preferred color.
Select Color
Step 5. Tap on the PDF to apply the changes, and tap on the upper-right triple dots button ⋯ to save and share the modified PDF.
Save a Copy
Change PDF Text Color in Adobe Acrobat Pro
The free Adobe Acrobat Reader only allows you to change the PDF text color while viewing.
To change the text color of the PDF file itself in Adobe Acrobat, you’ll need a pro subscription. The detailed steps are as follows.
Step 1. Open Adobe Acrobat Pro > Select File > Open > Choose a PDF in the local folder.
Open a PDF with Adobe Acrobat
Step 2. Click on the Edit PDF tool in the right pane and select the text you want to change.
Step 3. Click on the color button in the FORMAT window to change the color of PDF text.
Change the Selected Text Color in PDF
FAQs
Can I change the text color in a PDF directly?
Yes, PDFgear allows you to change PDF text color directly, without any conversion process involved. It’s like working with a Word document!
Is it possible to change the color of text in a scanned PDF?
No, scanned PDFs are usually in image format and don’t contain editable text. To change text color in a scanned PDF, you would need to OCR (Optical Character Recognition) the document first to convert it into editable Word. Afterward, you can change the text color.
Can I change the text color of an entire PDF document?
PDFgear allows you to edit text one section at a time, but changing the text color for the entire document at once isn’t a built-in feature. You’ll need to manually edit individual text blocks to apply color changes.
What color options are available for text in PDFgear?
PDFgear provides a wide range of color options for text. You can either pick a predefined color or use a custom color code to get the exact shade you want for your text.
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