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Edit Object Tool

The Edit Object tool lets you make limited edits on images and vector

art in a PDF. For example, you can perform color conversions on a

selected image without using Photoshop. Select the image with the Edit

Object tool, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) , and

choose Properties from the context menu. Click the Color tab, and

select an option from the Convert To pop-up menu.

TouchUp Properties

e Color tab includes a wide range of color conversions for the selected content. Here, the

image has been easily converted to grayscale without having to open Photoshop.

You can also use the Edit Object tool to select most images and vector

art in a PDF for editing in external applications. For example, to remove

a blemish on a model’s face, click to select the image with the Edit

Object tool, and right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) to

choose Edit Image from the context menu that appears. If it isn’t already

running, Adobe Photoshop CS5 launches; it opens the image for editing.

The image that appears is not the original image, but it contains the

actual image information as contained within the PDFnot resampled

or resized. You can add layers in Photoshop to accomplish the needed

edits, but you must flatten the file before saving it (File > Save) to write

the corrected image back into the PDF.

If you encounter an alert cautioning you that the image uses

transparency and that you cannot add layers, just click OK. Some image

content is not editable with the Edit Object tool. For example,

attempting to edit a duotone image will yield an error: “Could not

complete your request because a color was specified using an

unsupported color space.” As a result you cannot open or edit the

image.

The Edit Object tool also provides a method for extracting graphic

information for use in other applications (provided you have the right to

do so). Instead of choosing File > Save to return the content to Acrobat,

choose File > Save As, and save the image as any format to create a file

on disk. In addition, you can use the Edit Object tool to place an image,

flip images or other objects in different directions, as well as rotate

selected objects. You can also use the Edit Object tool to reposition

objects by dragging or nudging with the arrow keys, or to delete objects

in a PDF.

To edit vector art in a PDFfor example, to fix a logo that’s incorrectly

set to overprintselect the art with the Edit Object tool, right-click

(Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and choose Edit Object from the

context menu that appears. You may need to Shift-click to select

multiple components of a complex object, or select pieces by clicking

and dragging a marquee. If it isn’t already running, Adobe Illustrator CS5

launches; it opens the vector artwork for editing. Perform edits as you

would with any other Illustrator file. You can add new objects to the

existing Illustrator layer during editing, but you cannot add new layers

(or the content won’t be written back into the PDF). When you’ve

finished, choose File > Save to write the corrected data back into the

PDF. You can also choose File > Save As to save the artwork as an

Illustrator file for use in other situations.

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