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how to fill a circle with a mac

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Feb 04, 2018 Feb 04, 2018

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how can I fill a circle or box using a Mac?  when I go to properties it won't allow me to fill with color.

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There are two ways you can apply a fill color in Acrobat 2017 (or DC). Make sure that the circle you want to apply the fill to is selected. You can see that in my screenshot by the red rectangle around it:

2018-02-04_14-27-41.png

With the circle selected, now click on the "Color Picker" tool (the paint bucket):

2018-02-04_14-27-54.png

And in the last step, you can now select a color:

2018-02-04_14-28-06.png

The second method is by using the properties toolbar, which you can display using Cmd-E. Again, make sure that the circle you want to fill is selected:

2018-02-04_14-28-36.png

The left most tool on the properties toolbar (again, it's the paint can) is the fill tool:

2018-02-04_14-28-48.png

Once you select a color, it will be applied. The only potential problem you have to deal with here is when you select "Other Color...", you get the macOS color picker, and when "Transparent" is selected, it does not matter what color you select, the object will always be filled with a transparent color, which means you will see the background through it.

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What version of Acrobat are you using?

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I am using Acrobat Pro 2017

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There are two ways you can apply a fill color in Acrobat 2017 (or DC). Make sure that the circle you want to apply the fill to is selected. You can see that in my screenshot by the red rectangle around it:

2018-02-04_14-27-41.png

With the circle selected, now click on the "Color Picker" tool (the paint bucket):

2018-02-04_14-27-54.png

And in the last step, you can now select a color:

2018-02-04_14-28-06.png

The second method is by using the properties toolbar, which you can display using Cmd-E. Again, make sure that the circle you want to fill is selected:

2018-02-04_14-28-36.png

The left most tool on the properties toolbar (again, it's the paint can) is the fill tool:

2018-02-04_14-28-48.png

Once you select a color, it will be applied. The only potential problem you have to deal with here is when you select "Other Color...", you get the macOS color picker, and when "Transparent" is selected, it does not matter what color you select, the object will always be filled with a transparent color, which means you will see the background through it.

2018-02-04_14-34-36.png

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Can you post a screenshot of the properties bar next to the circle you are trying to fill?

Also, have you tried the color picker?

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