Large text frame eats small text frames

[Ralph27534907tdxd]

Hello,

I have saved an MS Word file containing only half a page of text as a PDF file.

Then I opened it in Adobe Acrobat and called up "Prepare form". The text now appeared in a text frame that could also be moved.

I then created further text blocks below this text frame. As expected in Acrobat, a frame was created for each text block and the frame could be moved together with the text block.

After saving and reopening the file, the text frame, which previously only contained the Word text, suddenly also contained the added text blocks. These could therefore no longer be moved individually.

Previously there were many text frames, now there is only one.
Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Best regards,

Ralph

[try67]

The latter. You should not be editing the static contents of a PDF file in such an extensive way. Acrobat is not a word processor or layout editor application (despite what Adobe's marketing will have you believe) and PDF files were never meant to be edited in such a way. If you have the original file make the changes there, and then generate a new PDF from it.

[Ralph27534907tdxd]

Hi @try67 ,

Thank you for your answer.
In the meantime I have realized that there are further problems when designing the layout. Some objects can only be activated with difficulty and the adjustment functions work rather randomly.

But what I noticed the most is that some frame movements automatically create copies. As a result, there are three or four frames on top of each other, which can be removed one after the other.
I would therefore agree with your opinion that you can only design rudimentary documents with Acrobat.
But how should I proceed differently if I want to create a form? Do you have a suggestion for another program for creating a form or should I generally proceed differently?

Best regards,

Ralph

[try67]

You should design the form's layout in Word or InDesign. Then convert to PDF when done, and add the form fields. Make sure to keep a copy of the original file in case you want to make changes later on.

If you do that then you could use the Replace Pages command in Acrobat to insert the new layout over the old one, which will keep all the fields you already created intact.