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The phrase "altered the text" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes made to a written document or piece of content.
Example: "The editor altered the text to improve clarity and coherence."
Alternatives: "modified the text" or "revised the text."
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Mr. Siri says the men altered the text of what he gave them.
Influenced by Bertolt Brecht, she encouraged audience participation, allowed onstage improvisation, altered the text, and used techniques originally developed in the music hall.
Goldsmith added that he "altered the text for poetic effect", translating medical terms into plain English and "narrativi[sing]" the words "in ways that made the text less didactic and more literary".
She altered the text of one message from her stockbroker Peter Bacanovic Peter Bacanovic concerning the sale, changing its wording, her assistant testified.
We have altered the text to make these points clearer.
We have altered the text to avoid overstatement.
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However altering the text took lots of instructions and demanded dexterity.
"We do not alter the text or the illustrations at all".
But they may try to alter the text of the accompanying executive decree.
But he alters the text when he wishes and makes additions of his own.
He reads from a teleprompter, altering the text only slightly to mention the place where he is speaking and the local dignitaries who are present.
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