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Acrobat Reader Substitute text

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
October 1, 2024
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Goodmorning, I've always substituted texts on Acrobat Reader by selecting the wrong word and directly writing the correct word. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in this way anymore.

Now, for every single correction I have to select the "substitute" tool and then select the word and then writing the correct word.

I know it seems the same, but as a proofreader a correct thousands of errors everyday and that addition click literally double the time of each assignment.

I have tried everything, I have also disinstalled the program, but nothing changed.

How can I fix this?

Thank you for your help.

Tommaso

JR Boulay

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gary_sc

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Hi, @tommaso_maria, can you please verify that you are using Acrobat Reader and not Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Standard?

If you are actually changing the word in the body of the PDF; let's say you changed the sentence "I tossed the ball to the young man" to "I tossed the bass to the boy," that cannot be done in Reader.

Meanwhile, try this and see if it helps:

On Macs, go to the View menu and select Disable New Acrobat.
On Windows, to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner (where the old File menu used to be) and select Disable New Acrobat, it's about 2/3 down the menu.

If you need to revert back to the new UI, just reverse the above.

One BIG warning: this capability will eventually be removed, so turn off Auto updates for your Adobe Software.

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tommaso_mariaAuthor

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Hi gary_sc

thank you for your reply.

I am sure I've always used Reader because I've never paid for it, and Acrobat Standard and Pro are not free.

I think I didn't explained well the issue: I used to highlight the incorrect word and write directly the correct version, which appeared on a comment beside, in the column of comments. In this case, a red line appeared on the incorrect word (which is different from making a note, because in this case the incorrect would be highlighted, not "crossed" with a red line).

Also, I've never edited the incorrect words directly in the pdf.

This option is not available from this morning, and I really have to understand how to return to use it.

I hope I explained, I'm doing my best with the language.

Thank you,

Tommaso

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tommaso_mariaAuthor

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The option is still available by selecting the tool, but the strange thing is that I have always used it writing the correct word straight after highlighting it, without the need of selecting the tool in the tools menu.

try67

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This was never possible in Reader. If you were able to do it then you had Acrobat, not the free Reader.

Also, it's not a good idea to do it directly in the PDF file.

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tommaso_mariaAuthor

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Thank you for your reply.

I've never had Acrobat PRO, I've always used free Acrobat Reader.

I confirm that I've used this option for years now.

This morning it stopped working.

I have only InDesign and Reader on my pc and never had any other Adobe apps.

I disinstalled the app and also used the the AcroCleaner tool, but nothing.

How can I return to use this option?

Thank you,

Tommaso

try67

Community Expert

Then you must have used one of the commenting tools, such as Add Text. This should still be possible. You might need to select this tool first, though.

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tommaso_mariaAuthor

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I just add, that I am not talking about adding comments on PDF, just editing words with the tool "substitute" or "edit" (in Italian it is named "Sostituisci testo selezionato").

Thank you again,

Tommaso

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