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May 28, 2025
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Disable pop-up window when I select the fountain pen

  • May 28, 2025
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Help! I want to disable a pop-up window when I select the fountain pen. I can click anywhere else in the document and the pop-up doesn't appear but everytime I select the found pen this pop-up appears at the bottom right hand corner. 

 

Any assistance is appreciated. Thank you!

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try67
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Community Expert
May 28, 2025

Probably because this tool is a part of the Fill & Sign set of tools, but the file already contains signature fields that the author added to it, so it's directing you to use those. If you want to insert a hand-written note you can use the Pencil commenting tool, and it shouldn't show you that message.

Thom Parker
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Community Expert
May 28, 2025

Look on the security tab in the document properties dialog to see what kind of restrictions were put on this PDF.   

 

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often
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May 28, 2025

It doesn't look like any was added

 

Thom Parker
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Community Expert
May 28, 2025

Very interesting. I just tried it and am having the same issue. I don't remember seeing this popup before. But it's possible I just ignored it. I tried several other tools such as redactions, commenting, and adding page text. None of them produced a warning.  I looked through the preferences and didn't find a setting for it.

 

BTW: this is the wet signature tool. Not a real signature, but an image. It's pretty much the same as adding content with the "Edit PDF" tools.  

 

Thom Parker - Software Developer at PDFScriptingUse the Acrobat JavaScript Reference early and often