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benjamint1571122
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August 15, 2016
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How do you create tables in Acrobat DC?

  • August 15, 2016
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I am trying to create a simple table that looks like this:

d8Characteristics
1Information in paragraph form throughout here
2Information in paragraph form throughout here
3Information in paragraph form throughout here
4Information in paragraph form throughout here
5Information in paragraph form throughout here
6Information in paragraph form throughout here
7Information in paragraph form throughout here
8Information in paragraph form throughout here

But I can't even find anything close to a table tool on Acrobat DC. I was trying to see if I could border text boxes and that doesn't even work. What are your suggestions for creating symmetrical, bordered, and even tables in Acrobat DC?

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Correct answer try67

Acrobat is not an authoring tool, like Word, or a layout tool, like InDesign. This kind of editing should be done in the original file format and then a new PDF file should be generated from it. Trying to do it in Acrobat will be very difficult and time-consuming.

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Kristine5FD4
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December 5, 2021

I am usually so in awe and such a raving fan of adobe software, but in this case I can't get any results when it comes to troubleshooting this issue of inserting a table into a PDF, which to me seems like a very simple/basic problem.  As a result I haven't been able to insert my table, have spent half an hour troubleshooting it and am left feeling really disaapointed. 

    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
    Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
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    December 6, 2021

    @Kristine5FD4, read Try67's correct answer that's highlighted in green.

    PDF programs like Adobe Acrobat are not designed to create (or author) content like tables, body text, etc.

    Content is created in an authoring program like Word and then exported to PDF.

     

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      Kristine5FD4
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      December 6, 2021

      Thanks Bevi, it's just a shame as it seems like such a basic feature ie by solving the issue which I do not believe is complex, it would be a big win from a user experience point of view. 
      anyway basically I posted about this just so at the very least hopefully my comments will stop people spending lots of time troubleshooting something which is not possible. 

        try67
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        try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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        August 15, 2016

        Acrobat is not an authoring tool, like Word, or a layout tool, like InDesign. This kind of editing should be done in the original file format and then a new PDF file should be generated from it. Trying to do it in Acrobat will be very difficult and time-consuming.

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