adobe acrobat pro - find and change text

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#1

Has anyone a script to find and change text in a pdf?

this is what I already have :frowning:

tell application "Finder"
	activate
	--set thisFolder to choose folder with prompt "Please choose folder containing pdf files"
	--set Filelist to files of thisFolder as alias list
	--repeat with thisFile in Filelist
	--tell application "Finder"
	--open thisFile
	--end tell
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "AdobeAcrobat"
			tell menu bar 1
				tell menu bar item "Edit"
					tell menu "Edit"
						tell menu item "Find"
							click
							
						end tell
					end tell
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
	--end repeat
end tell
#2

You should consider switching to Acrobat’s javascript to perform your search and replace. Then, you can work backwards and use Applescript to call the javascript you created.
:cool:

#3

:frowning:

I know knotting about javascript… I am just a beginner in applescripting… :frowning:

I think I have to do all the work manually

#4

Hi there,

What version of Acrobat are you using?
There is the option to find/replace text in Acrobat XI and DC.

As for the javascript option, apparently you can use the ‘redaction’ tool.
There are some limitations though.

HTH

#5

I am using the newest version of acrobat, and yes indeed there is a find and replace function. But it don’t work for multiple documents and it can’t replace “all”

I have to change a date on every page of a document of 400 pages :frowning: