Contrary to Word DOCX files, PDF files are now used almost everywhere and are significantly more popular. Now commonly used across multiple industries, PDFs were created by Adobe since they could decorate and manage texts, photos, videos, tables, and graphics.
PDFs are seen as increasingly significant in the following aspects
Although PDFs are applied not only for presenting various types of content, they are also utilized as digital forms and for storing documents in the long term for numerous businesses. The main benefit is that an archive’s main function is to retain the structure of the paper and, therefore, is good for secure and consistently formatted document presentation. But at the same time, it becomes a big problem because PDFs are impossibly hard to edit.
Editing PDFs can be problematic for people with disabilities in part because more general issues of text accessibility consequently arise.
On the whole, editing a PDF is exponentially more difficult than editing, say, an MS Word document. However, as the document editing process involves changes, such solutions are far from ideal in terms of the layout preservation. Being aware of this problem, Microsoft has begun working on the algorithm that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for PDF editing.
Prospects of AI in PDF Editing in Windows
Microsoft’s upcoming AI tool of Windows focuses on identifying and modifying segments within the PDF without any distortion of its format. This particular working option helps to make changes that completely blend into the design and structure of the material.
These modules of integrated AI will be able to identify almost any part of the PDF that they might need in order to make accurate changes without the interference of the structures of the document. This enhancement enables users to solve a problem, which is that manual copies generally distort the format and improve the usefulness of PDFs.
Controversy and Its Prospects
But this badly needed improvement of editing, which is assured by SEEEDED, can also create quite a stir among content-producers who appreciate the immutability of the PDF format. Still, investing efforts in improving the PDF handling in tools such as the Edge browser shows Microsoft’s ongoing interest in improving the management of documents.
Currently, there is no deadline for the release of this AI feature as this feature is still under construction. Possibly its introduction can make working with PDFs easy and enable complicated editing without distorting the original documents.