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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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June 25, 2020
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Fields and comments: foreground and background

  • June 25, 2020
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Hello

 

I have an image form field on which the user clicks to import an image.
Around the image there are legends that the user must link to the image with arrows (comment tool: arrow).

When you place the arrows everything is fine: the arrows are above the image (screenshot 1).

If you save / close / reopen the document: the arrows are passed under the image field, same thing when you modify the arrows after placing them (screenshot 2).

I also tried by placing crosses using the document proposed by try67 in this subject (https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/indicate-pain-areas-on-body-chart/mp/11104870? page = 1 # M254440) but the problem remains the same: crosses are placed under the image.

My question: do I have any hope of being able to use comment tools over a form field (image) and that they stay there?

Subsidiary question: am I the only one to think that this behavior of Acrobat (above then below) is not normal?

 

Thank you

 

 

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Correct answer try67

This is normal. Form fields and comments were not built to be stacked on top of each other, and doing so is asking for problems. You'll notice there's no z-order index anywhere for these kind of objects, so basically the last one you edit is going to appear on top. You should avoid having such overlapping objects as much as possible. Look for alternate solutions.

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try67
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try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
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June 27, 2020

This is normal. Form fields and comments were not built to be stacked on top of each other, and doing so is asking for problems. You'll notice there's no z-order index anywhere for these kind of objects, so basically the last one you edit is going to appear on top. You should avoid having such overlapping objects as much as possible. Look for alternate solutions.

    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity ExpertAuthor
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    June 26, 2020

    Nobody has at least a little idea?

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    ls_rbls
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    ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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    June 27, 2020

    Hey JR,

     

    Use the Edit PDF Tool, right-click anywhere inside the image frame and select send backward or send back. When you save and close, and then re-open the PDF the annotation arrows should be (and remain ) visible on top of the image.

     

    See slides:

     

     

     

    ls_rbls
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    ls_rblsCommunity Expert
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    June 28, 2020

    Thank you ls_rbls

    But how does this relate to my question?


    I was answering this question :

     

    • My question: do I have any hope of being able to use comment tools over a form field (image) and that they stay there?

     

     My slide above doesn't show very well the arrow that I used with the comment tool.

     

    I was also trying to explain that when you use the Icon button instead of the Image button you're able to bring that frame back so that the arrows stay on top of the uploaded image , which is what you were asking I believe.

     

    When you use the clickable image field in your PDF, it won't allow you to use the Edit PDF tool and rearrange which frame stays on top.

     

    Here is a better slide that illustrates what I was trying to say:

     

     

    As you can see, I just used the annotation tool to insert and position the arrows that I wanted on top of the Human Body chart image,  which was uploaded using the Icon button instead of an Image button.  This is the difference that I am trying to outline here.

     

    The color photo in this slide illustrates that problem. There is an arrow that I a place to point to one of the faces in that picture but the uploaded image covers it and there is no work around for that , as mentioned by Try67.

     

    However, I say again, try using the Icon button instead to upload an image and you'll be able to bring forward or send to back using the Edit PDF tool. That is why you can appreciate in the slide the other anootation arrows that appear on top of the Icon frame.

     

    I hope I was able to explain it better this time.

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