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

Community Beginner ,
Jul 02, 2024 Jul 02, 2024

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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Community Beginner ,
Oct 01, 2024 Oct 01, 2024

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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Community Beginner ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

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

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

Thank you, I have made the specified changes, and I will let you know if I continue to have any issues. Much appreciated.

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

Be sure to restart Adobe after you make the changes.  I probably should have mentioned that.  😄

 

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

Yuppers! Did it 🙂

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 20, 2024 Nov 20, 2024

This issue has been frustrating me for over 9 months so really hope this works.  Thank you for the information!

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Jan 29, 2025 Jan 29, 2025
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New Here ,
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 18, 2024

This worked for my office as well.  

 

THANKS for the solve.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 18, 2024 Dec 18, 2024

You're welcome.  TaterSalad_0-1734549252341.png

 

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 23, 2024 Dec 23, 2024

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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Community Beginner ,
Dec 30, 2024 Dec 30, 2024

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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