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Editing Text Boxes, Acrobat X Pro

Jul 3, 2012 3:18 PM

Categories: Windows Tags: #text_box #acrobat_x_windows #color_fills

2 Questions.

1. I would like to change the fill/background colour of a text box but can't find where to do it? Can someone point me in the right direction. Right now, my text boxes are all white. I would like them to be a different colour with white text. I can select white for my text, but can't seem to change the background.

2. I would like to merge all my text boxes so that if opened by Acrobat, people don't see hundred of text boxes when they click on an area that has text boxes. But they should be able to see the text.

Thanks.

Stan.

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1. George Johnson,

Jul 3, 2012 3:30 PM in reply to Zeeman28a

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Press Ctrl+E to display the Properties Bar and you'll see where you can change the various properties.

You can flatten the text boxes, which converts them to regualr page contents. Here's a link to a handy JavaScript-based tool that makes this easy: http://www.uvsar.com/projects/acrobat/flattener/

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2. Zeeman28a,

Apr 15, 2013 2:53 PM in reply to George Johnson

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Last time I tried this, it worked. This was about 5 months ago. Still using Acrobat X Pro v10.1.6

Today when I press CTRL-E for the Properties box, all I get is this.

Here's the Acrobat screenshot.

I've got the Hand selected, I've got my text selected, when I press CTRL-E, all I get for the properties box is the Author. There is no MORE option so I can select the different colours. How can I get this back?

Thanks.
Stan.

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3. Zeeman28a,

Apr 15, 2013 2:59 PM in reply to Zeeman28a

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Figures I figure out how to get MORE back after I post, but still no properties. This is what I get now.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.
Stan.

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