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Text Box font color in Acrobat X Pro

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December 20, 2011
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I am struggling to figure out how to change the default christmas red font color in text boxes to a more readable color. There doesn't seem to be a way to change the font at all in the text boxes in Acrobat X Pro. I have done this (changed font color, font type, font size, etc) in text boxes without any problems in Acrobat 9.x Pro, so I know Adobe knows that has been a feature of Acrobat before.

Some people are red-color blind and can not see bright red text.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Correct answer AshuMittal9644438

I am another who finds this topic so frustrating. Surely this is something simple that everyone needs but its so frustrating. Arrrrggg

Hi,

We have released an update today that fixes the Properties Toolbar issue and you can now continue to use it outside the Commenting app as well. Please open Acrobat or Reader DC and visit Help > Check for updates to make sure you are on the latest patch.

Details about the release: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/acrobat-dc-august-02-2016.html

Please let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

-ashu

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Anonymous

Is anyone able to guide me on my previous inquiry?

How can I change the text colour and size of of Text Boxes without manuallyselecting, highlighting and CTRL-E changing each one?

I litterally have hundreds of these in my documents and manually adjusting them is inconceivable. It boggles my mind that there is no ability to select them all and change the propeties once.

Sandeep_V_

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Hi tag11, this is the answer to your question. There is no direct menthod to change the text size color of all the textboxes. However, you can select them together from Comment ->Comment List and then right click-> properties to change the border color etc. But there is no options to change the text size this way. If it is really important for you, try this (Although, its little bit tricky).

(Steps may vary for different versions) I am considering Acrobat X here.

Go to Comment->Comment List

Export All to Data File

Select XFDF format from the drop down

Now open this XFDF in any xml editing application. You can use notepad but it won't be easy to read the code in there. There are many free applications available online to read XML code. If you want to use Adobe's you have Dreamweaver (but that is paid).

Now you can modify the properties of the comments collectively

Find this:
style="font-size:10.0pt; (Use Ctrl+F and select find and replace option)

Change the font-size to whatever you want.

Save the xfdf

Remove comments from the origional file (I am sure you are working on a copy of that)

Click on Comment->Comment List and import data file

Import the data file saved in previous steps. You would have your changes now.

This can be used if you have large data with you. You are welcomed to fill up the "Feature Request Form (Wish Form)" https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

~SandeepV.

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Gnards777

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Add a text box

Choose Comment > Drawing Markups > Add Text Box .
Click in the PDF.
Choose View > Show/Hide > Toolbar Items > Properties Bar, and set the color, alignment, and font attributes for the text.
Type the text. Text wraps automatically when it reaches the right edge of the box.
(Optional) To make further changes to the text box:
- Using the Select tool or the Text Box tool, click an edge of the text box to select it, and then drag a corner to resize it. Use the Properties toolbar to change the border and fill options.
- Double-click the text box to edit the text or change the text attributes. Drag across text to select it, and then select options from the Properties toolbar.
To delete the text box, select it, and then press Delete.
You can also paste a block of text by selecting and copying the text in any application, selecting the Hand tool in Acrobat, and choosing Edit > Paste.

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Anonymous

These solutions are great and all to change the font and colour of text you are GOING to input, but what about changes the hundreds of comments and text boxes ALREADY input.

If I want to make even a single universal text change, I have to go and manually edit every text box?

Seriously...............

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trialoftears

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I think I know what you are asking here. I too struggled on creating text boxes in Acrobat X versus that of previous versions. To create legacy text boxes similar to previous versions, you first have to turn your file into a form. Go to Tools->Forms->Create. Select use existing file if, of course, you have it open already, or open the appropriate file. The results may note that no fields/forms were detected, but that's okay. Now you will be able to select from the "Add New Field" drop down menu, and this is where you can choose "Text Field". this is the tool that was so easily selected in previous versions of Acrobat, but now has to be done so in "Form" creation. After creating the box you will be able to right click and adjust the properties, etc....

Hope that helps!

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YHB_Bobby

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Adobe has not made it easy, but here are the steps to changing the default text box font in Adobe Acrobat X:

Open any Adobe document.
Create a text box and type any text
Highlight the text in the box and push ctrl+e
This will bring up the text box text properties bar. In this bar make any changes to the font that you want to be default such as size or color.
Now close the text box text properties bar
Click on the border of box so that the box is highlighted rather than the text inside the box. Right click and select properties or push ctrl+e.
This brings up the text box properties dialogue box, at the bottom of this box select the check box “Make Properties Default”
Enjoy

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JanMM1968

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Thanks so much!

Sandeep_V_

Participating Frequently

Hi Chick,

Try this:

After you type text in the TextBox select hand tool and then right clickon the TextBox. (Moment you move your pointer over the TextBox it gets coverted into a small black pointer). Then Right click and click properties. Alternatively, you can hit Ctrl+E and then click More. Check the snapshot below to change the color.

Check if it works for you. If it this is not something that you want to do kindly attach a snapshot of the TextBox that you are using so we can understand the issue better. I guess, "Try67" also got confused with Text Box Field and TextBox annotation.

Thanks,

Sandeep V.

RussellA 69382988

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I would very much like to be able to Acrobat X access the window above. But my attempts to follow these instructions yield only this screenshot.

The two screenshots on the left are simply extended screens of the Forum instructions I am trying to follow.

Cntl E; right mouse clicking for Text Properties on the Text Box (that used to work); and everything else I try fails to yield the Text Properties box that you more-sage-than-I users seem to be having no trouble with!

Any thoughts on where my life is going wrong here?

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Dd53929163

Participant

If you are using a Mac, press Command E. You must have the text box in the Acrobat document activated before you press the key functions. Also, check your preferences and make sure you have the appropriate edit and drawing tools activated. If not, activate, then restart your application.

try67

Community Expert

Red is not the default text color. Maybe in your installation it was set as

such, but it's usually black.

To change the default setting, go to Form Edit mode, set one field to the

properties you want to use and then right-click it and select "Use current

properties as New Defaults".

To change the properties of multiple fields, select them with the mouse and

then right-click one of them, go to Properties and set the option(s) you

want.

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Chick_NewmanAuthor

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I am not using form elements here...just text boxes. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

Right clicking on a text box brings up a dialog that is focused only on the properties of the box...not the text that is written inside that box. In this text box's properties box dialog there is no option to change anything to do with the font. Only the background color and border of the box itself. No font properties whatsoever are present.

Since posting this problem I've experimented and discovered that if I click "CTRL-E" while having my cursor selecting the (red) text in the text box, a different properties dialog box appears that specifically addresses the properties of the text within the text box (not the box itself, which is in the other, separate properties dialog box I already described). Unfortunately I can't find a way to keep the font properties dialog pinned anywhere in the tools or other portions of the user interface (in Acrobat 9, one could put this box in the tool menus and when the text is selected in the text box, the context of the properties changes to show the font options, including color, etc without having to figure out the appropriate shortcut key combination to bring it up).

Any other thoughts about any of this??

Thank you very much for your help.

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jeconnell

Participant

I was having the same problem, and I tried your suggestion (ctrl+e). When the text box properties toolbar appears, just drag it up to the toolbars area at the top of the screen. You just drop it in there and it will stay.

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