How to format text when using add text tool in new Acrobat UI?

Report · Jul 18, 2023

With the latest update to Adobe Pro I can't find how to format the text when using add text tool. Before, you could easily italicize or bold text you added, but now I only see the below options for changing the font, size, and color of the added text.

Report · Jul 18, 2023

Hi @Ruth31147970fmtd,

This is because when you select adding text from the non-floating floating tools set, you'll have limited access to functionality.

Click on the "Edit" option on the upper left side of the window

Then click on #1, the Add "Text" seen in the lower half below, and then look at the top of that region for #2 and you'll find all of the customizing tools you'll need.

Please let me know if this is what you were looking for. (And if it was, please mark my answer correct so that others looking for the same thing can easily find it.)

Report · Jul 19, 2023

Thank you for your reply but this work around doesn't really solve my problem. First, by going to the Edit menu instead of the add text shortcut, it converts the page to readable text, which is time consuming when making add text labels on dozens or hundreds of pages in a document. Second, it's no longer possible to paste text into an add text addition which means a signifcant amount of retyping for me. Third, if you create an add text label on the document with the shortcut, you can't change the formatting through the Edit tool so you are stuck with whatever you did first.

Hopefully other users have found another workaround they can post or maybe adobe will see this and realize their recent "upgrades" have actually resulted in a loss of key functionality for some users.

Report · Jul 19, 2023

You can revert to the "old" Acrobat UI, since the new UI is a nightmare.

Report · Jul 19, 2023

Thank you for this idea! I will look up how to do this. The new updates are
truly a giant step backwards for my work.

Report · Jul 19, 2023

Hi Ruth31147970fmtd,

Thank you for reaching out.

Adding to the gary_sc suggestion.

Please refer to the steps suggested in the following help document to edit text in the PDF: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/edit-text-pdfs.html. When you open the document, select the new version and then check the steps suggested.

For more information on the new Acrobat experience, refer to the following help document: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/new-acrobat-experience.html.

Let us know if you need any help or have any questions.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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