Rich Text Formatting Not Working Even Though Box Checked

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October 23, 2017
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I'm trying to create templates in Acrobat Pro (latest version on a 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X Sierra). When I create the form fields and format them, I always check the Allow Rich Text Formatting Box, but it's hit or miss whether or not it actually works. Most of the time not. I save the PDF and then open it up in Adobe Reader, and sure, I can change the words, but much of the time, even though the formatting pane is not greyed out, I can't make any other changes, not to the font or the color, line spacing etc. Occasionally, if I select a few letters or words in the middle of a text field, I can change the font on that, but what good is that, when the letters on the ends won't change?

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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Bernd Alheit

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You can't select text at the end?

GoldCountry86Author

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I can select it. It just won't change when I use the rich text formatting pane. Let's say I want to change the text size. I select the text, pull down the drop down to change the size, release, and nothing happens. Or I want to adjust the line spacing. I click on "More," bring up the dialog box, pull down the drop down to change the spacing from single to 1.5, hit closed, the box closes, but nothing happens.

When I said sometimes I could affect changes to characters in the middle of the line, that's what I meant. Sometimes changes will work on those, but it's random.

Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

I can't see this problem on MS Windows.

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