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Locking an image in place in Acrobat

New Here ,
Mar 19, 2021 Mar 19, 2021

I'm using a image of a form (jpg) that I would like to use as a template to create my own form. I wanted to lock the image and arrange it in the very back so that I can build the form in front of it. Issue is when I start to build the form the image moves around when I don't want it to. Is there any way of locking an image in place in Acrobat? 

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Mar 20, 2021 Mar 20, 2021

In Acrobat you can use images as background.

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LEGEND ,
Mar 20, 2021 Mar 20, 2021

Acrobat's editor is inflexible and annoying. Use almost any other app to make the static background of the form, then convert to PDF to add the fill-in form fields.

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Community Expert ,
Mar 20, 2021 Mar 20, 2021

If you convert the image to a PDF file it will become static contents. Then you can add fields on top of it and it will remain "locked" in the background.

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New Here ,
Jul 23, 2025 Jul 23, 2025

It makes me incredibly sad that this was posted 4 years ago and this is still a problem. What the helk is Adobe thinking? I am trying to add text on top of an image but it keeps selecting the image anytime I try to select the text to move it. I am so incredibly frustrated with this outdated technology.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 25, 2025 Jul 25, 2025
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Hi EdwardAlexander,

 

Sorry to hear about your experience.

There is no option to lock the image when adding text above it. You may share your thoughts about this with the team via the following page: https://adobe.ly/46oEwWx

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

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