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can not copy and paste forms

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
January 20, 2020
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I want to select and copy/paste multiple fields at the same time from one PDF to a new one.

I've done that for years, but somehow Acrobat now refuses to paste more than one into my new PDF.

I'm in "prepare form" edit mode, fields are not locked and i can easily copy/paste each single one into the new PDF. But not all the fields at the same time.

Does anybody have an idea why?

Sorry for my english and thank you in advance!

Acrobat Pro DC (most recent version)

Mac OS 10.15.2 (most recent version)

PDF forms

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christianm28414320Author

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edit: i CAN actually copy all fields when starting a whole new form.

But it has to be on MacOS 10.15 Catalina. Does not work when creating them on MacOS 10.13 High Sierra and switching to 10.15.

A proper solution for me would be to create all forms from scratch on MacOS 10.15. But where're talking about 20+ forms 😞

ls_rbls

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That is kind of weird.

You should be able to share a file with anyone who has other Adobe Acrobat installed in different operating systems and be able to edit, copy and paste without that issue.

Ask this same question in the Apple support forums and see if someone knows why is this happening between two different versions of macOS.

If you don't mind me asking, can you post back here if you find a solution?

Thank you.

Thom Parker

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Is this happening for any PDF you try to copy the fields onto? or Just a specific PDF?

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christianm28414320Author

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It's happening to every PDF.

ls_rbls

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Hi,

can you clarify what you mean by multiple fields?

Are these text and image fields that are selectes using the "Edit Text & Images" or are you referring to field objects?

christianm28414320Author

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made a screenshot of my problem:

https://ibb.co/fqqbtjZ

1) all fields are selected (also appear to be selected in the list on the right)

2) only the first one is pasted

ls_rbls

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Are you manually copying and pasting from one PDF to another PDf opened in separate tabs or are you using the "Duplicate Accross Pages" method inside the same PDF document?

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