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Barbdi62
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April 26, 2023
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Aggravating Black box appears when trying to edit in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

  • April 26, 2023
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How do I disable this maddening black box that appears whenever I try to edit one of my own documents? This is not the standard tool bar that can be docked. It's something entirely new. In the image below, all I'm trying to do is move the text box down so that it isn't overlapping the dollar amount. I can click on the box, the borders become highlighted as usual, but I cannot drag the box anywhere.

It just started happening a few months ago and I've wasted so much time trying to work around it, I'm ready to dump Adobe all together.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

    Correct answer Amal.

    Hi there

     

    Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

     

    On Mac, please use the keyboard shortcut (Cmd+K) to go to the Acrobat preferences > General > Uncheck 'Show quick action on text selection'

     

     

     

     

    ~Amal

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    peter341319364r0r
    Participant
    February 15, 2024

    Open Acrobat,

    Select 'Edit' then 'Preferences'. 

    Select the 'General Tab'

    Uncheck the 'Show quick actions on Text selections'

    Save and it should not appear again.

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      Cecilia37577012zkaz
      Participant
      May 23, 2024

      I'm using MacBook. How come I don't see preferences under Edit? Can someone pls help? This black box is very annoying. Thank you 

      Amal.
      Community Manager
      Amal.Community ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      May 27, 2024

      Hi there

       

      Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

       

      On Mac, please use the keyboard shortcut (Cmd+K) to go to the Acrobat preferences > General > Uncheck 'Show quick action on text selection'

       

       

       

       

      ~Amal

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      rosenh
      Known Participant
      May 25, 2023

      It's madness.  Do they even test these things?  I go to view a pdf and that black bar covers up the pdf!!  WHY IS THERE NO WAY TO CLOSE IT???  I'm supposed to wait 10 seconds?  Then if I move my mouse it shows up again.  Completely horrible UI. 

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        rosenh
        Known Participant
        May 25, 2023

        Well, I would EDIT my reply if I could... It's the mysterious icon on the far right of the Black Tool Bar.  Click that and it goes away. 

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