Novice: How to prevent Acrobat from merging text blocks together?

[TheDigitalShaman]

Hello,

I am creating a document in Acrobat Reader PRO and wish find out how to prevent program from merging text blocks.

Because of this merging, I cant make fine alignment adjustments anymore.

I add text, which is contained in a bounding box, then I add another text and if they are close together or their bounding box overlap soon after they got merged and I can't move them independently.

Thanks a lot,
Artur

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

You can't, because there are actually no text blocks in a PDF. Every time you go to edit it looks at all the text on the page, and guesses where it would be convenient to have text blocks. Next time it has to guess again, and if you move blocks close together they will probably look like one block. Your talk of fine adjustments suggests you are going far beyond what Acrobat editing is for (fixing minor issues). You should keep editing the original and re-make the PDF each time.

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

You can't, because there are actually no text blocks in a PDF. Every time you go to edit it looks at all the text on the page, and guesses where it would be convenient to have text blocks. Next time it has to guess again, and if you move blocks close together they will probably look like one block. Your talk of fine adjustments suggests you are going far beyond what Acrobat editing is for (fixing minor issues). You should keep editing the original and re-make the PDF each time.

[Test Screen Name]

If there is no "original" then you need to decide what app to actually design your work in. The beauty of PDF is that this can be pretty much ANY app. You don't have to learn a new app.

[TheDigitalShaman]

I create my CV from scratch in acrobat reader.

Attaching screenshot:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ceksLmQPTvb7AmGHutbWa-EIWnqXzE47

Originally header was separate form the rest of text. Now its merged.. i csnt work like that. I need to be able to edit stuff!

[Test Screen Name]

Acrobat is not a good choice. I suggest for a CV you use Word or Google Docs. Either can make PDF instantly. 

[Bernd Alheit]

"I create my CV from scratch in acrobat reader."

Acrobat Reader can't create PDF files.

[TheDigitalShaman]

Acrobat Reader DC Pro can. You create blank and add content and then save.

[ls_rbls]

Hi,

Share a screenshot please

[TheDigitalShaman]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ceksLmQPTvb7AmGHutbWa-EIWnqXzE47

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

I knew it couldn't be Acrobat Reader. As the screen shot shows, whatever app you think it is, it is actually Acrobat Pro DC. But that was what I was assuming. My answer applies: give up using Acrobat right now and use something better suited to your task. Something of this degree of precision CAN be made in Word but InDesign might suit you better. There's no precision to Acrobat, it's all guesswork, every time you edit.

[TheDigitalShaman]

Acrobat DC Pro is not Acrobat Reader?

Confusing naming.

I bet you are right about inDesign and Word.

What Acrobat DC Pro is for then?

[JR Boulay]

Acrobat Reader DC is a free PDF viewer.

Acrobat Pro DC is a professional PDF editor.

[calm_era5623]

....without the fuction of actually being able to sucessfully edit a PDF. lol gotta love programers. 

[JR Boulay]

Acrobat Pro is not really a PDF layout editor; its tools are designed for touching up, not for making major changes.
For that, with the Edit tool, you need to select all the text areas concerned, right-click and choose ‘Edit with Illustrator’, which is much better equipped for that.
Once you've made the changes in Illustrator: Save and close, the changes are instantly transferred to the PDF.

In all cases, the fonts used in the text to be modified must be installed on your computer.