Tools to Sort and Organize PDF Pages Online
Jul 06, 2021
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The ability to organize PDFs into a smaller, larger or just more manageable document is essential to the file format, as much as editing, viewing, and converting them. There are many ways to organize and sort PDF files given that there is an abundance of different organizing and editing tools available online. Often, users will need to organize more than one PDF file to make a new, more coherent file. This feature is especially useful to students and teachers who may need to organize different sources into one, comprehensible file. Organizing PDFs can be done on several different platforms from desktops to mobile phones, but this article will lay out all the ways it is possible to organize PDFs.Organize PDF Pages
Organizing PDF pages is another way of merging and splitting many digital pages into a new file. Someone familiar with the concept of merging, splitting, and deleting individual PDFs pages will also understand what it means to organize a PDF. As PDFs contain large amounts of text, not all of it will be relevant to a user’s purposes.
They may only require a few or even a single page from a much larger document. Traditionally, users would make paper copies of that relevant text, but PDFs eliminate the need for such effort and waste. Users can, instead, upload a PDF document to an online PDF editor that also has merging, splitting, combining, and organizing features.
Using those specific tools, users can then select those relevant pages or even highlight relevant passages to transfer them to a new document. They can also highlight those relevant pages and delete the rest, which is even easier. The steps of these processes depend on the tool being used, but a majority of them have very similar functioning.
Highlighting Text
The highlighting feature on many online PDF editors functions a lot like a regular highlighter, in that it lets users mark specific, important passages. These highlighted lines or pages can then be saved while the rest of the document is deleted or transferred to another, new document. Using the highlighting tool is pretty standard across all word processing programs, apart from PDF editors.
Many PDF editors even have a Highlight icon on their control panel so users can easily take advantage of it. Depending on the program, a highlight option will come standard with most online-based PDF tools. There is very few that reserve it for premium accounts or subscriptions as it is such a basic feature.
Adding Text to PDFs
Aside from highlighting text, adding text to a PDF is also one of the main functions of online PDF editors. It is the most fundamental reason to even have PDF editors or word processing programs, in general; the ability to add text by writing it in or importing it from another document.
While the process may seem intuitive, many different PDF editors have specific ways that allow users to add text to an existing PDF file. The first step with most editors is to upload the document to the program. Then users need to open it in a window like they would with any document processor.
Once opened, users can then use a combination of highlighting and deleting text and then adding text by creating dialog boxes. For other platforms, it is much easier to organize PDFs and then add text to them. They simply need to drag and drop a PDF file into the browser and then take over from there to add their text blocks.
Essential PDF Editor Tools
Essential PDF tools can vary from user to user. Some may need easy conversion and compression features to change other file formats into a PDF or vice-versa. Other users may require editing, viewing, and splitting features to suit their needs. That is why many PDF editing programs have such a wide array of features so that users can find what they are looking for.
Lumin PDF, for example, not only has the standard editing features like highlighting, annotating, adding/removing text but it also lets users lock or unlock their PDFs. With Lumin users can also collaborate with their peers on a single text in real-time so everyone can see the changes and annotations being made.
How to Edit PDFs on Your iPhone or Android Device
Editing a PDF on a smartphone, whether powered by Android or iOS, is not as difficult or time-consuming as it would appear. There is a myriad of different PDF readers and editors made especially for use with smartphones. Indeed, many online and desktop PDF editors have mobile applications for users to download to be able to edit, merge, split and convert on the go.
The only problem with editing PDFs on a smartphone would be the space needed to add new design elements and save those features. Storage space would also be a problem if a user were to work on several PDFs at once, but if they have a proper amount of storage then it should not be that difficult.