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Copy and Paste stops working in Acrobat (Pro and Reader)

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
July 2, 2024
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About 6 months ago, I have noticed that intermittently I lose the ability to copy text from PDF forms and paste that text into other programs (e.g. InDesign, or renaming file, etc). I regain the ability to copy and paste if I close Acrobat and reopen it. It will happen several times again, and is becoming quite frustrating because my whole job is copying text from PDF forms to populate my design work. This happens with both Acrobat Pro and Reader. All my applications are up to date, and all my Windows updates are good to go.

Is this something anyone else has experienced? Is there a fix?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Dynamic_Luminary1126

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Adobe removes the fix set forth below after updates and you have to make the changes under enhanced security.

I have lost so much time with Adobe updates that Adobe should be paying me to use their product for a year. Truly frustrating. Thanks for the solution (again).

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Tater Salad

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Thanks for the heads up about software updates.

You're welcome for the solution. It was really interfering with my work flow so I understand your frustration. 😁

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defaultl5bplqt3o5ak

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This worked for my office as well.

THANKS for the solve.

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Tater Salad

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You're welcome.

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Tater Salad

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Spent several weeks with IT attempting to fix this problem. Finally, after a meeting with an Adobe tech, this issue was fixed.

Stayclose401

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Thanks Tater Salad: Great job. When I uncheck the two box # Enable... and #Run in AppcContainer..... I can copy text and paste in PDF box... . If I check the boxes and change it back, I cannot copy it best. I have experimented you are correct. Why would Adobe do this? What purpose does it serve? Sometimes, the text would disappear, and I found by changing the word Bold back to Italic and back. It would correct itself.

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Dynamic_Luminary1126

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I have the same thing happening all the time where I cannot select text, move tabs from one screen to the other, move text, etc. The only fix is to restart Adobe which I have to do several times a day. This is gettting annoying.

Anyone have a fix yet?

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