Acrobat Comment Tool issue

Report · Sep 20, 2021

Ever since the update I've had problems with the strike through and replace text tools. I can highlight and start typing to replace text or hit Return to delete text--but only a couple of times before it stops. I have to manually click on the tool in the tool bar to make these work. After quitting the application and reopening, the automatic uses of the two tools are back, but again for only a couple of uses before it returns to manual only again.

Is this bug from the update or is there something else happening?

Report · Oct 12, 2021

[Edited]

Hi there

The planned update for Adobe Acrobat/Reader DC version 21.07.20099 is now available. Please update the application from the help menu > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

You may also download the patch manually from the link https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html and see if that works for you.

For more information about the new release please check the help page https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/adobe-acrobat-and-reader-october-21-updates-are-l...

Let us know if you experience any trouble and need more help

Regards

Amal

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Report · Oct 06, 2021

New Discovery!

Sometimes I replace the same text more than once, so I copy that text. I can highlight the text to replace and do the keystroke for Paste (cmd-P on a Mac) and the replace text tool makes a new comment with the text I just pasted. This function still works, even though I can't just type and have the text replaced.

Report · Oct 12, 2021

[Edited]

Hi there

The planned update for Adobe Acrobat/Reader DC version 21.07.20099 is now available. Please update the application from the help menu > Check for updates and reboot the computer once.

You may also download the patch manually from the link https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html and see if that works for you.

For more information about the new release please check the help page https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/adobe-acrobat-and-reader-october-21-updates-are-l...

Let us know if you experience any trouble and need more help

Regards

Amal

Report · Oct 14, 2021

Thank you so much for fixing this bug. I've been using this this week and it works perfectly.

Report · Sep 14, 2025

Apparently they took the option away where you can erase comments etc. on a page or they made it hard to find. Why they move stuff around is beyond me. We don't want to have to look for stuff in new places, keep it in the same place for the next 1,000 years. Can someone please tell me where the Erase a Drawing tool is on the new Adobe Acrobat Pro? My suggestion is to put all the tools either on one side with them on all the time or the top (preferably top) but not in various different widows to find various different tools. Have it so you can open and close the tool bar with clicking on one icon, but make it intuitive. Also, have a key you can open and close. If it takes more than 5 seconds to figure out anything in a program, it is not intutive in my opinion.

Report · Jan 12, 2026

Hi @dan_1566,

Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

If you are still looking for a solution, this page would prove helpful: https://adobe.ly/3LvfZqG

The help article is a comprehensive guide of What, Why & Where with the New Acrobat experience.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Souvik.