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Selecting multiple text boxes in Acrobat Pro

New Here ,
Sep 28, 2024 Sep 28, 2024

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I have the latest version of  Acrobat Pro for Windows and would please like to know how to be able to select multiple text boxes when editing a PDF, so as to be able to change the font on all the text boxes.

 

I have searched the community,  but there are no answers for the latest Acrobat Pro, only Acrobat DC, which is different.

 

Is there a quick way to be able to select multiple text boxes on a page, without having to select them one  by one?

I'm hoping there is a way to like click the mouse and drag it across multiple text boxes and then they all are selected/turn blue?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

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Sep 29, 2024 Sep 29, 2024

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That method should work... What happens when you try to do it like that?

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New Here ,
Sep 29, 2024 Sep 29, 2024

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It doesnt work.  You can't just click and drag tthe nouse over mutliple boxes.   When you are in editing mode and dont have any text boxes selected and move your mouse near a box to go to try and click and drag  the mouse pointer swtiches to a cross  and all you can do is drag the text box your mouse is near.

 

Surely there has to be a way to do a group select on mutitple text boces ?

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Sep 30, 2024 Sep 30, 2024

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Try clicking a bit further away from an existing box.

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New Here ,
Oct 01, 2024 Oct 01, 2024

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That doesn't work either,  it still changes to a cross for moving either the text box its next to, or it moves the outline box of the whole page.  

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Adobe Employee ,
Oct 02, 2024 Oct 02, 2024

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Have you tried keeping Shift pressed and mouse click text boxes for selection of continuous bboxes. When keeping Ctrl key press and mouse click text bix for selection of non-continuous bboxes.

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