Pasted form fields showing up in semi-random positions

Question

Using Acrobat Pro, on windows. When copying and pasting a field from one form to another, rather than appearing on screen (preferably somewhere near the mouse pointer), the field shows up somewhere towards the top of the page I am on. (To clarify, I have the page zoomed in somewhere between 300-600 percent when pasting). So I then have to zoom out, find where acrobat decided to drop the field, and move it where I need it.

How do I get adobe to restrict it's "paste range" to at least somewhere on my visible screen?

Thom Parker · Answer

I don't know of any way to control the location of the paste.

However, it is not random. When pasted to a new page, the fields are placed in the exact same locations from which they were copied, unless the target page is a different size that does not fit the fields. Then the non-fitting fields are moved. If there are fields with the same name on the page where the fields are pasted, then the pasted fields are offset both horizontally and vertically from the fields with the same name. Or it will try to paste them in the middle of the page.

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