Highlight tool, typewriter tool, etc. disappeared + gone from menu

[Guest]

I installed Acrobat 9.5.5 Pro as part of the CS4 Suite several years ago.  I'm a casual user of Acrobat 9 Pro.  I have used the Highlight tool and Typewriter tool on many documents over the years.  Many that I have saved on my computer.  They have renderable text!

Suddenly the Highlight tool and Typewriter tool, and others, have disappeared + are gone from the Tools + its sub-menus.  I'm a pretty savvy computer user.  I don't recall that I did anything to change the Tools menu.

When I go to View\Toolbars\More Tools... the the Highlight tool and Typewriter tool don't show there either.

I reinstalled Acrobat 9 Pro from the original CD... the tools menu is still missing the Highlight tool and Typewriter tool, and others. (I say "others" because, although I may not have used them, I sense there were previously more tools visible on the Tools + its sub-menus

Can anyone advise me how to recover the Highlight tool and Typewriter tool?

[Anubha Goel]

Hey  Manuel,

Could you please tell me what OS version are you using.

Have you tried repairing Acrobat?

Hope to hear from you.

Regards,

~Anubha

[Guest]

Win XP-Pro Service Pack 3.

Neglected to say in original post that I tried the repair option prior to reinstalling.  It repaired normally, i.e. no red flags, yet the Highlight tool and Typewriter tool, and others were still missing.

Therefore I went on to try reinstallation, alas with no success there either.

[Guest]

I have NOT solved this yet.  Can anyone help?

Highlight tool, typewriter tool, etc. disappeared + gone from menu

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[Bill12]

I might try checking my AA 8 tomorrow. I can't use AA 9 right now and so I would have to check 8 that is similar. XI has a totally different menu structure and would not help. Otherwise, wait until someone else gets back to you. Folks are not checking posts every hour or so, but it might be every other day. We are just users and get around to checking things when it is convenient for us.

[Anubha Goel]

Hi Manuel Manuel,

Could you please tell me if this happens with every PDF you open or any specific one.

If the file is protected, then you might not be able to highlight it.

In order to enable typewriter tool using Acrobat, please try the solution mentioned in the KB doc link given below:

Adobe Reader 9: Typewriter tool not available in the More Tools dialog in the browser

Let me know if this works.

Regards,

Anubha

[Guest]

This happens to all PDF's, those created by me or otherwise.  The files are not protected.

You pointed me to a link as a possible solution: "To use the Typewriter tool in Reader 9 on a PDF opened in the browser, enable this right on the PDF using Adobe Acrobat Professional." => "Choose Tools > Typewriter > Enable typewriter tool in Adobe Reader." => I don't have a problem with Reader 9.  I cannot find this option in my Acrobat 9.5.5 Pro.

Neither the Highlight tool or Typewriter tool exist in the More Tools menu.

I cannot select highlighted text that I created by itself.  I can select a block of text that contains highlighted text within the block,however I cannot modify it.

If I try to select a text box that I created with my mouse, it flashes a light blue shade very briefly as I left click on it, but does not actually select the box and allow me to access it.

This is so strange.   I can't imagine what dumb thing I may have done to cause this.

[Guest · Accepted solution]

Well...  you can cross this post/problem off your list.  I couldn't wait any longer.  I needed the tools/functions that mysteriously disappeared.

I spent about 3-1/2 hours deactivating the CS4 Suite, uninstalling the CS4 Suite, deleting all references I could find of "adobe", "fnp", and "flex" from my files and the registry, cleaning my registry and rebooting.

Then I had to go thru the installation process 3 times, (each time cleaning my registry and rebooting), in order to get all programs in the CS4 Suite to install properly.  (No other programs running during install.  Thank goodness for good old fashioned print magazines!)

What a pain in the arse!