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12-12-2021 WHY did ADOBE remove the 'turning on/off' built-in option that was available for fillable forms in the Basic Reader and when ADOBE came up with New Versions AND started Charging ($$) monthly/yearly INSTEAD of selling customers a full license........see attached......
I have a full licence to Adobe Pro XI, BUT cannot find my registration in ADOBE.,com Account to download & install on a new laptop that I just bought.....[ I have screenshot showing registration when I bought the program]
The Old Basic Reader 6 was 100% Better than the new Basic Adobe Reader DC.
I was using a friends ADOBE 2020, to create and use a fillable form; It is confusing & does Not have the features of Pro XI..
ADOBE needs to fix this & STOP Charging $$ for versions that is in-adequate....
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Hi, JR Boulay, that is a great 'how to', Thanks; at least that works if a person is using Pro 2020 or another payin-for application as their default.. Basic Reader does not allow adding the shortcut, nor does it show up..
Thanks again to All who assisted..
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it would be nice if ADOBE sees this post AND give the common person the easy option in all versions !!!!
Again, THANKS for all the help on this matter.........
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You can activate this in the preferences of Acrobat Reader.
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Thanks, Berd Alheit, for your reply.. In 'Edit > Preferences...' there are a long Categories list. Looked but was unable to find any sub-category with the name referring to that matter; may have missed it..
If it is not too much to ask, Can you kindly give step by step list to where I can locate the option. Thanks.
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At Forms.
There you can also change the color.
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Go to Edit (or the application menu if you're on a Mac) - Preferences - Forms and tick "Show border hover color for fields".
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Thanks. Yeah tried that BUT it does Not add the option in the document tool bar as shown in the photo.
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Tick off the box next to "Always hide forms document message bar", in that same spot.
This is a setting of each application, though, not one you can set in your file.
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That option is Not available in the version of Adobe Reader DC or Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020, I am using.
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It is available:
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Yeah, found that and tried it - that just turns off the box color completely, in the program for ALL such files..
Just tried creating a fillable file using Pro 2020, it does Not give that option [shown in the document green column] in all such created forms that Pro XI self embeded. Adobe most likely removed that feature in the newer versions!?! Thanks
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Version XI doesn't embed the option in the files. It display it for files with form fields.
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Thanks. Your termology is different from mine as a lay person.. It still does not change the fact that Adobe did not make their new virsons user friendly to someone like me AND removed some features...
I will have to cope with what is now available.. Thanks again to all..
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No features were removed. It still works exactly the same as before.
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This feature has simply been moved in the Prepare Form tools pane:
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This is also a shortcut to the option in the preferences.
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thanks, that removes the highlight, & to put it back a person has to go back and check that option again.
Nice illustration..
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Since now Acrobat's UI is customizable it's up to you to install this tool in the Quick Toolbar.
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Hi, JR Boulay, that is a great 'how to', Thanks; at least that works if a person is using Pro 2020 or another payin-for application as their default.. Basic Reader does not allow adding the shortcut, nor does it show up..
Thanks again to All who assisted..
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it would be nice if ADOBE sees this post AND give the common person the easy option in all versions !!!!
Again, THANKS for all the help on this matter.........
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It's up to you to offer a "Highlight" button to your Acrobat Reader users.
You will find the script in the last post of this topic:

