How to remove blue line grid over PDF text in Adobe?

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September 23, 2014
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I was working on my Adobe and I pressed something like control + x or maybe a or maybe y and suddenly a small blue lines have appeared as a grid over my text. I turned off Adobe and turned it on again opening a new PDF file and the small blue line grid remains in other Adobe PDFs. What should I do? (Note I am using a MacBook Pro)

Correct answer Meenakshi Negi

I do not see "View". Where is this located in the PDF file?

Hi Amanda L Anderson,

Thank you for reaching out, and sorry about the delay in getting back to you.

It seems that you are using the new version of Acrobat. In Acrobat, go to Menu > View. Please use the steps suggested in the following help document: https://adobe.ly/4kYqOxu. Check the screenshot below for reference.

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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MadMax_0413

New Participant

Thank you very much, I looked everywhere to remove it especially I am not sure what I did to make them show up, lol.

AnandSri

Community Manager

Hello!

I hope you are doing well,

If you see a blue line grid overlay on your PDF text in Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader, it is likely due to field highlighting being enabled. You can remove it using the following methods:

1. Disable Field Highlighting (For Interactive PDFs)

Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
Click Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac).
Select Forms from the left panel.
Uncheck Show border hover colour for fields.
Click OK to save changes.

2. Toggle Field Highlighting (Quick Method)

Open the PDF.
Press Ctrl + Shift + H (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + H (Mac) to toggle field highlighting.
Alternatively, click Highlight Existing Fields in the purple bar at the top of the document (if visible).