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I cannot add new text via Edit or Fill and Sign

Community Beginner ,
May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022

I'm using Acrobat Pro DC on Windows 11 Pro. 

I cannot add text through Edit OR Fill and Sign.

When I try to add text through Edit, my curosr does not change. It's the nomal black filled arrow instead of the text cursor with a letter. Photo Attached.

When I try to add text through fill and sign, some of the buttoms are missing at the top of the ribbon. Photo Attached.

When I click to add text through fill and sign, it leaves "Type text here" in gray text but when I type, nothing comes up. The button for adding text in this mode is missing. Photo Attached.


I've unisntalled and reinstalled. I've cleared my local preferences and everything I don't know what else I can do. Before resinstalling, it was crashing frequently.

 

Anyone have any idea what's going on here?

 

I'm copying my System Parameters here, I fully understand that it says I'm using WIndows 10. 

 

Account Detail:
User Rights: Admin
User Account Control: Full
Process Integrity: Low
Profile Type: None
Acrobat Detail:
Sandboxing: On
Protected View: Off
Captive Reader: No
Multi-Reader on Desktop Support: Off
Applications Installed:
Office Version: Office 2016 64-bit
Outlook Version: Outlook 2016 64-bit
Available Physical Memory: 7184772 KB
Available Virtual Memory: 135286700052 KB
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 1072009
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Version: 11.00.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Creation Date: 2022/03/30
Creation Time: 11:47:13 PM
Default Mail: Microsoft Outlook
mapi32.dll
Version: 1.0.2536.0 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Display Detail:
Screen Width: 1920
Screen Height: 1080
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Mouse Buttons: 5
Has Mouse Wheel: Yes
Has Pen Windows: No
Double Byte Character Set: No
Has Input Method Editor: Yes
Inside Screen Reader: No
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Version: 30.0.13026.3
Check: Not Supported
Installed Acrobat: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
Version: 22.1.20117.0
Creation Date: 2022/04/07
Creation Time: 12:01:54 AM
Locale: English (United States)
Monitor:
Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x 59
Bits per pixel: 32
Monitor:
Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x 60
Bits per pixel: 32
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10
OS Version: 10.0.22000
Page File Space: 21069232 KB
Processor: AMD64 Family 25 Model 80 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~3793 Mhz
Session Detail:
Boot Type: Normal
Is Shutting Down: No
Network: Available
Inside Citrix: No
Inside VMWare: No
Remote Session: No
Remote Control: No
Using JAWS: No
Using ZoomText: No
Using Windows-Eyes: No
Using NVDA: No
System Name: LITTYBOI
Temporary Directory: C:\Users\lawof\AppData\Local\Temp\acrobat_sbx\
Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory: 16088496 KB
Total Virtual Memory: 137438953344 KB
User Name: lawof
Windows Detail:
Tablet PC: No
Starter Edition: No
Media Center Edition: No
Slow Machine: No
Windows Directory: C:\windows

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Adobe Employee ,
May 11, 2022 May 11, 2022

Hi there

 

Hope you are doing well and sorry to hear that.

 

Please try to repair the installation of Acrobat from the help menu and reboot the computer once and see if that works. 

 

Also, try to reset the Acrobat preferences as described here https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-defau...

 

You may also try to create a new test user profile with full admin rights in Windows and try using the application there and check.

 

Regards

Amal

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New Here ,
Sep 02, 2025 Sep 02, 2025

It does this all the time it make me so angry!   

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Adobe Employee ,
Sep 03, 2025 Sep 03, 2025
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Hi there 

 

Hope you're doing well and thanks for reaching out. 

 

What happens when you try to add text to the PDF file? Do you get any error message? If yes, please share the screenshot of the same for clarity. A small video recording of the same would be very helpful. 

 

Is this an issue with a particular PDF file or with all the PDFs? Please try with a different PDF file and check.

 

What is the version of the Acroabt and the OS you are using? Go to Help > About Acrobat and make sure its updated to the latest version 25.01.20643 Go to Help > Check for updates and reboot the computer once. 

 

Let us know how it goes.

 

~Amal

 

 

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