how to move form fillable text and fields lower on the same page

[Andrew Van]

Hi - new user here.

I have taken the time to insert several dozen form fields into a new pdf document, placing and sizing each individually - it took a while.  I need to insert another object into this document above the fields/text I just entered, without redoing all of the fields I just placed and it seems there is no way to do this.  Surely there is a way to move the text AND fields together?  Copy and paste is apparently not an option.

Thanks for any help offered.

[try67]

Nope. Fields and (static) text exist on entirely different "levels" of the PDF file and can't be edited at the same time, at least not in Acrobat.

[try67]

Addendum: The only tool that can edit fields and text at the same time is the Redaction tool, which will remove everything in the redaction area, no matter what it is.

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

You cannot move form fields and layout objects at the same time, you have to do it one after the other.

Good news: the keyboard increment is the same for both tools, so by pressing the same number of times on the keyboard arrows (after having selected the objects of course) we move the objects exactly the same distance.

(Shift + arrow to move X 10)

[Andrew Van]

Thanks!  While they did not move at the same increment (unless I seriously miscounted -- a possibility), I was able to get them to line up rather quickly.