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1. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
Larry G. Schneider Jun 24, 2011 2:52 PM (in response to DianeMarieDennis)Sounds like you're using the Preview application on the Mac to fill in the text. If so, don't. Use either Acrobat or the free Reader App. to fill in the form.
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2. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 24, 2011 3:21 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Hi Larry!
Thank you for your reply.
I'm not using Preview though.
I'm using the full Acrobat for Mac and I'm using the Typewriter tool to place some additional text onto the form that I want to be there for the end user (I don't want to have to recreate the entire form in Word and then convert it to PDF, I just want to slightly modify the PDF that I've already created).
I know it's possible to make that "typewriter text" show after clicking out of the box but I can't figure it out.
Thank you again!
Diane
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4. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
Phillip Jones Jun 24, 2011 3:46 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Larry G. Schneider wrote:
Sounds like you're using the Preview application on the Mac to fill in the text. If so, don't. Use either Acrobat or the free Reader App. to fill in the form.
Preview does only that preview. (You can print the viewed docment. You can't save any changes you make to preview.)
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5. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 24, 2011 5:09 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Hi Larry!
It's definitely in black text. When I "activate" the box that the text is in, the text shows up and it's black (and it shows as black on the Typewriter toolbar.
When I click out of the box, it disappears.
It's still there because when I "activate" the box again it appears right where should be, it just doesn't show unless the box is "activated".
If I save the document and close it, and then reopen the document, the text doesn't appear until I click where I know the box to be.
I'm using Acrobat 9.4.0 if that helps... ? I haven't updated because I remember a very so-not-fun update in a previous version that caused a lot of problems and made me wish that I hadn't have updated. So now I don't do updates unless I have to.
Thank you again!!
Diane
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6. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 24, 2011 5:11 PM (in response to Phillip Jones)Hi Phillip!
I'm not sure if there's something in here for me or if you were responding to Larry?
Thank you!!
Diane
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7. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
Larry G. Schneider Jun 24, 2011 5:30 PM (in response to DianeMarieDennis)What happens if you go to Comments>Show Comments List? Are your text fields visible there? Use the Show field from the top of the Comments list to toggle the fields on and off.
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8. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 24, 2011 7:55 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Hi Larry!
Yep, it shows in the Comments list when I tell it to show the comments list. But still not on the document itself...
Thanks Larry!
Diane
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10. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 27, 2011 2:08 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Hi Larry!!
Here is an image where the box with the Typewriter text (the word "test) is "activated", with the comments list showing down below but without the "test" comment in the comment list being highlighted. At the green "plus sign arrow" in the upper-right corner is the word "test".
Now below is an image where the box with the Typewriter text (the word "test") is not "activated" (but you can see the blue box where the word "test" should be showing), with the comments list showing down below, with the "test" comment highlighted, and the "Comments" dropdown menu so that you can see what's black in the dropdown menu.
When I clicked on the "test" comment in the comment list, the word "test" went away in the upper-right corner and the blue box showed up instead.
Am I showing what you need to see or should I show something different?
Thank again so much!!
Diane
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13. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
Larry G. Schneider Jun 27, 2011 4:36 PM (in response to DianeMarieDennis)Is this already a form that you are trying to fill in? Does it show any fields if you go to Forms>Add or Edit fields?
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14. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 28, 2011 2:50 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Hi Larry!
Yes it's a "fill-in-able" form, I create "fill-in-able" forms and sell them. So yes if I go to Forms>Add/Edit Fields it shows a whole bunch of fields. But there's no problem with that part of the form. When someone fills it in, the text they fill in stays there.
A quick run down of what happened...
The form has over 100 fields with some fields that calculate and some fields that validate. I had to make one little change to the "boiler-plate" part of the form (I needed to add a place for a person to put page 1 of xxx) but because of the intensity of the fields I didn't want to do it in a word processing program and then convert it and then start all over with the "fill-in-able" fields.
So I added ... Page ___ of ___ ... straight to the form using the Typewriter tool. My intent was to add fill-in fields to the two lines once I had the Typewriter text in there.
But then I ran across the problem of the Typewriter text disappearing.
I ended up circumventing it yesterday by using the Text box tool which worked.
But for when I need the Typewriter tool I can't figure out why it's doing what it's doing.
Thanks Larry!
Diane
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15. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
Larry G. Schneider Jun 28, 2011 3:06 PM (in response to DianeMarieDennis)Did you checkout adding it as a Footer? Also you can use the replace page from the Document menu to replace the text part and keep the fields in place if you want.
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16. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jun 29, 2011 4:21 PM (in response to Larry G. Schneider)Hi Larry!
No I hadn't looked into doing it as a Footer (or a Header for that matter), there's really not enough room on the "outside" edges of the form for it. I tried it just to check but it's just too tight, I'm afraid it won't print on some printers.
I tried the "Replace" but it doesn't line up the fill-in fields, I still have to manually manipulate them and there's 233 fields ... daunting to say the least...
So no idea on why the Typewriter tool doesn't show up for me when I click out of the field? I have to assume that it's something I'm not doing right but darn if I can figure it out...
Thank you again so much for your help Larry, and your suggestions!
Diane
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17. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
glharrell Jul 1, 2011 2:49 PM (in response to DianeMarieDennis)Diane,
I'm having exactly the same problem. It seems there is something inevitably wrong with this feature.
Thanks to Larry for his exhaustive digging. I've been through all the check list, and on paper all the settings look nominal, and I've done everything by the book.
But at the end of the day, the Typewriter does not render a text that will stay on the page and be visible for printing.
And that's the truth, and the bottom line.
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18. Re: When using Typewriter tool, text disappears when I click out of box...
DianeMarieDennis Jul 1, 2011 8:20 PM (in response to glharrell)Thank you glharrell, at least now I know it's not me!
And yes Larry, thank you so much for your time and effort on this! Would that I could have you available for all of my tech needs!
Have an outstanding weekend everyone!
Diane
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