Task PDF - Replace Text

The PDF - Replace text Task finds and replaces a text string with another text string from a single page or all pages of a pdf file.

Replace text > Main settings sub tab

Find

Text string to search for (quotation marks shall not be added).

Is regular expression

To be checked if the string in the Find field is a regular expression.

Replace

The text string to replace the found string with.

Password for file(s)

If the source pdf file is password protected, enter password here.

Page range

Select All pages or a page range for text replacement.

Replace text > File filter > Location sub tab

This tab uses the common file filter to filter out the files that should be processed in this Task.

Replace text > Destination sub tab

Save to

Selects where the modified PDF is written. Available options:

• Save to same file - overwrite the source PDF in place
• Same folder with file mask - keep the original folder, but save under a different name (set the File mask below)
• Different folder with file mask - save under a different name in a different folder (set both Folder and File mask below)

Folder

The destination folder. Enabled when Save to is set to Different folder with file mask. Click the Folder icon to browse for the folder.

File mask

The file mask used to name the output file. Enabled when Save to is set to Same folder with file mask or Different folder with file mask.