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August 16, 2026
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Creating a Stamp

  • August 16, 2026
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As Acrobat continues to deteriorate in terms of ease of use and instead overwhelm us with AI suggestions that use resources and are not even helpful, I notice another of my often used features has gone.

I use to use the stamp tool to stamp invoices as received, agreed and paid.  They would use the different colours that stamps can have, and put the relevant word inside, and the date. (dynamic)

However now these stamps have disappeared, and I can see no way to get them back.

Asking the auto-support just tells me I need to create images, which removes the whole idea of a dynamic tool… 

Anyone know where they’ve gone?

Thanks

    Correct answer jane-e

    @wcn_dave 

    If you want the current date as well, it requires JavaScript. Fortunately, Adobe’s Help page gives you the code and you just have to type it as shown. Steps are here:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/create-custom-dynamicstamp.html

    Jane

    12 replies

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 18, 2026

    @Meenakshi0101 wrote: “Could you please provide a screenshot or video showing where these stamps used to appear?”

     

    Stamps have always been in Comments.

     

     

    @wcn_dave 

    You can also create a Custom Stamp to say whatever you want it to, as I did here.

     

    wcn_daveAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 18, 2026

    Well yes, what I want is a custom stamp with the date in it.
    however under “custom stamps” it just asks me to upload an image...

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 18, 2026

    @wcn_dave wrote: “it just asks me to upload an image.“

     

    I just went to Adobe Stock and searched for “Paid” and filtered to “Free”. Would one of these free images work for you? Some have transparency.

     

     

    Jane

    Meenakshi Negi
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    August 17, 2026

    Hi wcn_dave,


    Thank you for reaching out, and sorry to hear about your experience with the application.



    As mentioned, the stamps have disappeared from the tool. Could you please provide a screenshot or video showing where these stamps used to appear? Additionally, please include the version numbers of Acrobat and your operating system. We will check with the team for more information.


    Let us know if you need any help.


    Thanks,

    Meenakshi

    wcn_daveAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 18, 2026

    Here is an old invoice, where I just clicking on the stamp tool, selected my "paid” stamp, and used it.  took about 2 seconds to open/stamp/close

     

     

    Meenakshi Negi
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    August 18, 2026

    Hi wcn_dave,


    Thank you for the screenshot.

    Could you please share a screenshot of the options currently appearing? Please also share the Acrobat version number you are currently using. We will share this with the team for further information.


    Thanks,

    Meenakshi