Blank white squares in 'edit pdf' screen

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January 22, 2025
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Hello, every week I have to edit pdfs and in the past few months I have been running into an issue. When I click 'edit pdf' and select my text to move it around on my page, there are some invisible white squares that in some sections that block the text. I can move the text up to the front to make it visible, but I was wondering if there was some way to see what these squares are so I can delete them. I can't seem to select them and Adobe can't detect a background in the pdf.

BarlaeDC

Community Expert

Hi,

Are you able to share a PDF or screen shot that shows the problem?

K

Kelsea2535915793prAuthor

Participant

Here's an example. I generated this test file and opened it in Adobe Acrobat Pro, then selected 'Edit PDF'. When I highlight the text with the selection tool or right click and 'Select All', then use the arrow keys to scott the text down it starts becoming obscured by white.

BarlaeDC

Community Expert

Oh and here's the file

Hi,

I have looked at this and tried to replicate the issue and have failed, this is my version of Acrobat, and I am on OSX, will try it on windows and see if it works their too.

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