Default text box color in Acrobat DC

Question

Hello,How do you change the default text box font size and color in Adobe Acrobat DC?  Adobe just updated Acrobat and before the update when I made a text box the font was red and 12pt which is what I want, now after the update it defaults to black color and 10pt.  I can change the size and color in the properties but I don not want to have to do that for every text box I create.  By right clicking in the empty space inside a text box I can bring up a menu that says "Make the current properties default" but that only applies to the text box border not the font,  If anyone had any suggestions that would be great.Thanks

AshuMittal9644438 · Accepted Answer

Hi,We have released an update today that fixes the "Make Properties Default" issue. Please open Acrobat or Reader DC and visit Help > Check for updates to make sure you are on the latest patch.Details about the release: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/acrobat-dc-august-02-2016.html Please let us know how it goes.Thanks,-ashu

Document Geek · Answer

Sure enough. Wow, that's a real bummer! I don't know that there is a way to make the text properties (inside a text box) default. Since Adobe is in the process of overhauling Commenting, perhaps this is something they overlooked. I would submit a feature request.

That raised, there are two workarounds: once you have the first text box formatted the way you want, you can copy and paste it, and then just type in the text that you want.

Alternatively, you can leave it all on 10 point black text, and then use Text Wrangler (or a similar code editor) to globally change the text size in the comments. I wrote about how to do that here: Document Geek: How to Globally Change Font Size of Text in a PDF Sticky Note

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