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24 December 2020  John Weaver  Senior Program Developer
Last update by Olivia Brown at 24 December 2020

Summary
PDF is the file format widely used online. Unlike the editable text, PDF should be edited with the specific tools. In this essay, we will talk about how to edit a chart in a PDF file.



Part 1: How to Edit a Chart in PDF?

how to edit a chart in pdf
To keep the original contents and the layout, people usually save the files as PDF because PDF cannot be directly edited. How to edit a chart in PDF? You should draw support from the specific tools. We recommend Renee PDF Aide, the professional PDF software which can quickly convert PDF to the editable document, such as Word and Excel.

Use Renee PDF Aide

Renee PDF Aide is the software that supports to edit PDF and convert PDF. With utilization of the advanced OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology, it can convert PDF to Word/Excel/PowePoint/Image/HTML/TXT and the other common formats. You can designate the specific pages to be converted at the speed of 80 pages/min. Besides, it can repair the damaged PDF files, compress PDF files to shorten the loading time, merge several files into one and rotate the file position. En/decryption and watermark are allowed to add for PDF files, too.
What’s more, Renee PDF Aide supports English/French/German/Spanish/Portuguese/Chinese/Korean/Japanese. Under the mode of OCR, it can greatly improve the accuracy of character recognition. Even though you are a new user, you can use this software easily.
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Part 2: How to Convert PDF to Editable Files with Renee PDF Aide?

There are two functions in Renee PDF Aide. You can use the software to edit PDF files but also convert PDF to the other formats. Next, we will show you how to convert PDF to the editable document.

1. Convert PDF to Excel

Excel is the chart application whose file extensions are “.xls” and “xlsx”. Follow these steps to convert PDF to Excel.
Step 1: Download and install Renee PDF Aide. Then, select [Convert PDF].
select to convert pdf with renee pdf converter
Step 2: Select [Excel] and then click on [Add files] to select the target PDF file. Next, check the option [Enable OCR] to improve character recognition.
how to edit a scanned pdf set before converting with renee pdf converter
TipsAbout OCR:

There are two functions of OCR.

A. Recognize the text in the image-based PDF files and the scanned PDF files.

B. Recognize the built-in font styles to avoid errors after conversion.

Step 3: Finally, click on [Convert] to convert PDF to Excel. After conversion, open the converted file to edit the chart.
how to edit a chart in pdf with renee pdf aide

2. Convert PDF to Word/PPT

In fact, Renee PDF Aide can convert PDF to Word and PPT, too. The steps are similar with the above contents.
After getting into [Convert PDF], select the target PDF file and select Word or PowerPoint as the output format. Then, check the option [Enable OCR] to improve the character recognition. Finally, click on [Convert] to convert the PDF file. You can edit and complete the converted file.
how to edit a scanned pdf set before converting with renee pdf converter
Tips
From the above contents, we’ve known about how to edit a chart in a PDF file. If there is a chart in the PDF file, we suggest you convert PDF to Excel. But when a chart is merely a part of the file, Word is the recommended conversion format.