Locking Elements on Adobe Acrobat DC Pro

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June 26, 2020
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I am wondering if there is a way to lock elements in Adobe Acrobat DC Pro, so they can't be moved by accident, but still remain editable.

Edit and convert PDFs

Correct answer try67

Not possible.

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Robert25221699migv

Inspiring

This is ridiculous. There is currently no way to quickly edit a PDF with acrobat. I wish I could view PDFs in Illustrator the way I can in Acrobat, it's the only reasonable way to edit PDFs.

runninghead_design

Inspiring

Agreed.
So much Adobe kit has loose-ends and missing functionality.

This doesn't seem to be due to commercial imperatives -compartmentalising creative software to ensure users buy more apps.
Instead it seems more due to accumulated legacy issues, missed opportunities and the like.
Illustrator, as someone here once told me with a rather sippy attitude, is not a document creation app, it's a graphics app (despite the fact that it's got PDF export, dozens of typography functions, and document formatting features approaching InDesign! 😆).
I make all my PDF docs in Illustrator and I've found several work-arounds to transcribe them successfully into PDFs just as feature-laden and polished as anything made in InDesign or Acrobat.
I think it's time Adobe got it's act together and overhauled the whole CC stable.
I've been an Adobe user for 30 years and there are still unresolved problems with many CC apps that are almost that old.