Mark up PDFs

You can add text and comments to PDFs, sign documents, highlight text, and more.

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Add text

  1. In most PDFs, you can click a text field, then type.
  2. If you can't add text to an existing text field, add a text box. Choose Tools > Annotate > Text, then type. You can move a text box anywhere on the document.
  3. To show the font, size, and color options for text in a text box, choose View > Show Markup Toolbar, then click .

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Highlight text

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  1. To turn highlight mode on or off, click . When highlight mode is on, this highlight button is selected.
  2. To change the color or switch to strikethrough or underline, click next to , then choose an option.
  3. When highlight mode is on, highlights appear anytime you select text.
  4. To remove a highlight, Control-click the text, then choose Remove Highlight.

Add notes

  1. Choose Tools > Annotate > Note.
  2. To open the note, click the note box, then type.
  3. To close the note, click outside the note box. You can move notes anywhere on the document.
  4. To see all notes and highlights, choose View > Highlights and Notes.

Add your signature

  1. Click , then click .
  2. Click Create Signature, then choose one of these options:
    • If you have a trackpad, sign your name with your finger. If you have a Force Touch trackpad, you can press harder on the trackpad to sign with a darker line. After you sign your name, press any key on the keyboard.
    • If you have a built-in camera, sign your name on a piece of paper, then hold it up to the camera.
  3. Click Done.
  4. Choose your signature to add it to the document. You can move and resize it anywhere on the document.
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Edit images

How To Edit On Publisher

  • Crop: Drag to select the crop area, then choose Tools > Crop.
  • Rotate: Choose Tools > Rotate Left or Rotate Right.
  • Adjust color: Choose Tools > Adjust Color, then drag a slider to make an adjustment.
  • Adjust size: Choose Tools > Adjust Size, enter the desired dimensions, then click OK.
  • Get quick access to edit controls: Click .

Share and export

  • To share your file, choose File > Share, then choose an option.
  • To save your document or image in a different format, choose File > Export, choose a format, then click Save.

Learn more

When switching from Office for Windows to Office for Mac, you’ll discover that you can’t open Microsoft Publisher files in Office 2011 for Mac. You need to convert your Publisher files to Word (.docx) format by using Microsoft Office on a PC. After that, you can move those Word files to Office for Mac.

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When you open the Word file from Windows on your Mac, the result won’t be perfect. You have to recreate the links between the text boxes, and the layout may need tweaking, but this is the best way to migrate Publisher files.

To convert a Publisher document to Word in Office 2010 on Windows, do the following:

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Publisher File Viewer

  1. Open the document you want to convert using Microsoft Publisher 2010 for Windows.

  2. Press Ctrl-A to select all the content.

  3. Press Ctrl-C to copy all the content to the Windows Clipboard.

  4. Open a new, blank Microsoft Word 2010 document.

  5. Press Ctrl-V to paste the Clipboard contents into Word.

  6. Click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar.

    The resulting Word (.docx) file can now be moved to your Mac.

If you’re moving other types of files from Office for Windows to Office 2011 for Mac, you shouldn’t experience many hiccups. Because the file formats for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are identical on both Macs and PCs, no file conversions are needed. After you copy your files from your PC and move them to your Mac, you can — with very few exceptions — simply open your documents and templates in Office 2011.

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Files that contain properly written add-ins and macros should also work. Macros and add-ins that use Windows platform-specific code don’t work, but you usually can modify them to work in Office 2011.