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defaultzsop9kv9asj6
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August 6, 2021
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How to edit text on Adobe Sign Template?

  • August 6, 2021
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Is there a way to edit the text once a template has been created?  I am able to edit the fields, but don't see any way to edit the actual text on the document.

    Correct answer sameer_puri

    I just checked another thread created by you and I see that you already have an Acrobat Pro subscription. You can make edits in the document using Acrobat BEFORE uploading them as a template in Adobe Sign. Adobe Sign would let you add and edit any signing options, but wont help you edit the document itself. Hope that makes sense. Let me know if you have any questions regarding the same.

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    Tony33173124d9f0
    Participant
    February 19, 2025

    Any progress? We frequently edit the contract we send to contractors. As we grow we are finding more and more things to add in. It is such a pain to have to re-setup the template every time we need to change one word or add a sentence. 

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    Kelly219101165o9q
    Participating Frequently
    February 19, 2025

    Nope! So frustrating 

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      Tony33173124d9f0
      Participant
      September 3, 2024

      Is there any solution here? I just spent over an hour uploading and setting up a template with multiple documents to find one small, yet important typo. Are you saying that all of that work is lost and I have to make the edit and reupload the docs and remake the whole template again??

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      College Advising Team
      Participant
      January 20, 2023

      This is such a limitation of the Adobe Sign product. If I create a template with a price on it for example, and it's full of initial fields, signature fields and other signing related items, and I have a price change, I then have to edit the price (one or two digits) in Acrobat and then recreate the ENTIRE TEMPLATE from scratch once again in Adobe Sign. It would be much simpler if I could just edit the text of a template through Adobe Sign. I would even settle for a way to apply a similar template pattern over a new document. This limitation is terribly disappointing. 

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        Kelly219101165o9q
        Participating Frequently
        January 30, 2023

        agreed! Terrible interface! 

         

          adobi_wan
          adobi_wan
          Participating Frequently
          June 2, 2023
          No work around that I am aware of, at least not from the Adobe side.
          To get around this myself, I have made the fields that are generally most
          often changed in my form (things like dates, prices/amounts, copyright
          year, etc) also editable and made them pre-filled fields that I must change
          every time I go to use the template. It's a bit of a hassle but much less
          so than redoing all of the signer fields every time I need to change
          something simple. Takes a few extra minutes but now I don't have to update
          my document every year with a new copyright or pricing. Mine also had at
          least 100 fields.

          mt

          The best solution I found is using form field templates instead of document templates in this scenario. Unlike document templates form field templates remember the exact pixel placement of all your form fields. Therefore if you make a minor adjustment to your PDF such as pricing you can upload that document and apply the form field template to that document to automatically reassign all the form fields you created in the past.

          One good practice is each time you update your document and reapply form fields using form field templates, to resave the form field template so it continues to stay as consistent to the form field placement required as possible.

            sameer_puri
            Adobe Employee
            sameer_puri
            Adobe Employee
            August 6, 2021

            Hi @defaultzsop9kv9asj6 ,

             

            The actual text on the document cannot be edited using Adobe Sign. You may need to purchase Acrobat Pro subscription in order to alter the text in the original document.

             

            Thanks

            Sameer Puri

            sameer_puri
            Adobe Employee
            sameer_puriCorrect answer
            Adobe Employee
            August 6, 2021

            I just checked another thread created by you and I see that you already have an Acrobat Pro subscription. You can make edits in the document using Acrobat BEFORE uploading them as a template in Adobe Sign. Adobe Sign would let you add and edit any signing options, but wont help you edit the document itself. Hope that makes sense. Let me know if you have any questions regarding the same.

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              Kelly219101165o9q
              Participating Frequently
              January 30, 2023

              this is a terrible hurdle and should be addressed in future updates! Having to entirely recreate a template's signing properties because of needing to update a few lines of text on the original document is such a time sucker. Not looking forward to it. 

               

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