How to edit PDF files in Word 2013

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a common format for sharing final versions of files. The format is most used for viewing and not editing. But if you need to edit PDF files, Microsoft Word 2013 brings a multitude of features to the word-processing table, one being the capability to edit PDFs.

Office 2010 provided the option to save a document as PDF, but Microsoft Word 2013 even allows editing of the content before sending it to the final recipient, as a PDF file. Although, full version of Adobe Acrobat allows users to modify PDFs, it’s more cumbersome than editing the original document in MS Office. Why so? PDF is technically an image file, converting this image file back to text needs sophisticated OCR like Adobe Acrobat X Pro or other tools. Adobe Free Reader therefore, does not allow you to modify the content in a PDF. With Word 2013, however, you can convert a PDF into a Word document and edit the content.

In this post, we will see how to edit PDF files in Word 2013

Edit PDF Files in Word

When you install Office 2013, you will notice that the context menu for any PDF file, has an option to open a PDF file in Microsoft Word, along with your other PDF Readers like Adobe Reader or Foxit and Windows Reader, if you are on Windows 8.

Go to any PDF file location, right-click on the PDF file, select ‘Open with’ option and choose ‘Word (desktop) to open it in Word 2013. When you open any PDF file in Word 2013,  it starts to convert it using Microsoft PDF Reflow.

Microsoft PDF Reflow, will convert all the files contents, including its formatting like paragraphs, lists, headers, columns, footnotes , tables, etc, into Word content. You will be able to edit even the tables. I tried with various smaller PDF documents and it kept all its formatting, even after the conversion. Then I also tried bigger-sized PDF’s like e-books (sized ~30MB) . It took a bit of time to convert – but it did its job. So, you can try large files too if you have some newer systems with more memory.

Anyway, next, a dialog box with a message “Word will convert your PDF to an editable Word document. The resulting Word document will be optimized to allow you edit the text, so it might not look exactly like the original PDF, especially if the original file contained lots of graphics.” should appear on your computer screen.

Click the OK button to continue opening the file in Word 2013. Once it opens the PDF in Word, it will be in Read Only / Protected mode

Upon opening the file, Click the Enable Editing button next to the warning message to begin editing your PDF file. Once the editing is completed, click File, click Save as button to save the file. Here, remember, you cannot save the changes to the existing PDF file readily.

To maintain your changes, it is essential you  save the document with a new name or to a different location.

  

So, if you get a pop bearing the same message do not be surprised. Try saving the PDF with a different name or save the file in Word or PDF format.

Depending on the situation, one option may work better than the other:

PDF: If you don’t want to make any more changes to the document, save the edited document as a PDF file.

Word document: If you want to continue making changes to the document (or if you need second pair of eyes for approving the changes), save it as a Word document. You can always save it as a PDF file later on.

This is a great feature in Word 2013, among many other cool features of Microsoft Office 2013!

Enable or Disable 3rd-party cookies in IE app on Windows 8.1

Earlier we explained you about an Internet Cookie and the different types of Internet Cookies. We also detailed the steps that need to be followed in order to block or allow Third-Party Cookies in IE, Chrome, Firefox, Opera. In this post, we will see how to enable or disable 3rd-party cookies in the Internet Explorer App for Windows 8.1, using Charms PC Settings Panel.

Before starting with the tip, let’s take a glimpse of what a third-party cookie is. Third-party cookies are the small amount of text stored in your web browser by a website with a domain name, other than the one you are currently visiting. Most of the time, the ad services use cookies to offer you the targeted ads based on your browsing history and web searches. However, they can raise privacy concerns and some may want to block them for privacy reasons.

Let us see how you can enable or disable third-party cookies in the IE app, using the Charms Settings panel.

Disable 3rd-party cookies in IE app

If you prefer to use the IE app, then to block or disable the third-party cookies in the Internet explorer app, you have to follow the below mentioned steps.

1.       1. Open your Metro or Modern or Universal IE app and then bring up the Charms bar. Choose Settings.

2.     2.   In the Settings charm, select the Privacy tab.

3.      3  In Privacy, scroll down to get the Cookies Section and set the Block all third-party cookies switch to ON.

 4.       The Internet Explorer app has now blocked the third-party cookies.

5.      NOTE: If you are using Windows 8  or later, you have both desktop and the app version of Internet Explorer installed on your device. Though, the IE for desktop and IE app look and work differently, they share the same settings. Therefore, if you have disabled third-party cookies in the desktop variant of the browser then you don’t have to repeat the process for the Internet Explorer App.

How to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10

Microsoft Edge is the default browser in Windows 10. But if you prefer to use IE, then this post will show you how to open Internet Explorer in Windows 10 and how you can pin it to your Start Menu or Taskbar for easy access and how you can even set it as your

Open Internet Explorer in Windows 10

In the Windows 10 taskbar search, type Internet Explorer and you will see it appear in the results.

Clicking on it will open Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Pin IE icon to Windows 10 Start or Taskbar

Right-click on the Start search result and select Pin to Start or Pin to taskbar, according to your preference. The IE icon will get pinned.

Set IE as default browser in Windows 10

If you use it frequently, you can set it as your default browser via Internet Options > Programs tab > Internet programs > Set programs. Control Panel will open. You can set Internet Explorer as the default browser under Set your Default Programs applet.

This is how you can open Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10, and how you can pin it to your Start Menu or Taskbar for quick frequent access and set it as your default browser.

In the Windows 10 taskbar search, type Internet Explorer and you will see it appear in the results.

Clicking on it will open Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Remove or Turn System Icons like Clock On or Off in Windows 10 Taskbar

Windows 10 OS is different from its earlier versions, but retains some of the old features. For instance, Windows 10 displays a clock icon in desktop taskbar. The icon resides in the lower-right corner of the screen. The option proves handy for knowing current date and time however, some users find it of little use. As such they prefer removing it from the taskbar properties. This guide will walk you through the process of removing the clock from Windows 10 Taskbar.

Remove Clock from Windows 10 Taskbar

For removing the Windows 10 desktop taskbar clock, you’ll have to make some changes in the Notifications & Actions section of the Windows 10 Settings app. To do so, move the mouse cursor to the lower right corner of your computer screen, right-click on the clock and select Customize notification icons as shown in the screenshot below.

Turn System Icons On or Off in Windows 10

Instantly, Quick Actions screen will be launched. The section primarily displays the apps that appear under the taskbar settings. In the right pane look for the option with the heading ‘Turn System Icons On or Off‘. Click this option and proceed to the next step.

the screenshot below.

Here, you will find, most of the icons are set “On” by default, with some exceptions depending on your configuration. ignoring these options, look for the clock option and to remove the clock from the Windows 10 taskbar, simply set the Clock entry to Off.