In reply to thedealmakinman’s post on September 12, 2011 First, there is no program in Microsoft Office which ‘opens’ PDF files. They have to be displayed by a PDF Reader, such as Preview or Adobe Reader among others.
Although Acrobat offers many additional features, the built-in PDF option in Microsoft Office may be all you need if you’d like to quickly create a PDF document from Microsoft Word, Excel, or Power, and point. (This option is available in all recent versions of Microsoft Office including Office 365, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013.).
Does Microsoft Edge have a built in PDF reader?
Microsoft Edge comes with a built-in PDF reader that lets you open your local pdf files, online pdf files, or pdf files embedded in web pages . You can annotate these files with ink and highlighting. This PDF reader gives users a single application to meet web page and PDF document needs.
Can I edit a PDF file in Microsoft Word?
However, if you want to edit the PDF file, go ahead and open it in Word. Word makes a copy of the PDF, converting it to a Word document and attempting to match layout of the original PDF.
To open a PDF file without converting it to a Word document, open the file directly wherever it’s stored (for example, double-click the PDF file in your Documents folder). However, if you want to edit the PDF file, go ahead and open it in Word. Word makes a copy of the PDF, converting it to a Word document.
How does Microsoft Word decide what to put in a PDF?
When you open a PDF file in Word, Word uses a system of complex rules to figure out what Word objects (like headings, lists, tables, etc.) best represent the original PDF and where to put those objects in the Word document.