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Tiffany32702025xotv
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November 14, 2023
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Text boxes unable to edit or shift after adding a custom stamp to document

  • November 14, 2023
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Hi, I',m using the Acrobat Pro * I added text boxes to my pdf documents. But i noticed that after i put a custom stamp, all the text boxes are "locked" & cannot be edited or shift (when my cursor hover over those text boxes, it doesn't show the dotted boxes that allows me to edit or shift the position). Does anyone know what's the reason for this? Thanks!

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    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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    November 15, 2023

    What happens when you edit / change the text?

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    Tiffany32702025xotvAuthor
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    November 15, 2023

    Hi, what do you mean by what happens when i edit/change the text? If before I add the stamp, editing or shifting the text has no issue. But if after I add the stamp, i have to click on the "edit" icon shown in Screenshot 4. I can still edit the text but if i were to shift the text, if there are line beneath the text will get shifted too (please refer to screenshot 5 & 6).

     

    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 15, 2023

    Looks like that Acrobat assume that the line is part of the text.

    Thom Parker
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    Thom ParkerCommunity Expert
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    November 14, 2023

    Custom stamps have nothing to do with what you've described, so something else is going on. 

    Please provide a detailed description of what you mean by " I added text boxes to my pdf documents".

    There are several things in a PDF that are commonly referred to as "text boxes".

     

     

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      Tiffany32702025xotvAuthor
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      November 15, 2023

      Hi, I have taken a screenshot of the "Add Text" in a pdf document.

       

      Screenshot 1 : Adding text to the pdf document.

      Screenshot 2 : When my hover over it, a dotted box appear around the text, allowing me to edit the text or shift the location of the text box.

      Screenshot 3 & 4 : After i added a custom stamp (a tick), i can no longer edit the text or shift the position of the text UNLESS i click on "edit" & you can see that what is supposed to be 4 text boxes, has been combined into 1 text box.

       

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