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text field properties will not allow me to add a border

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November 27, 2017
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I am trying to add a border color and line thickness to text field boxes on a pdf form. Acrobat Pro DC will not change the color from transparent and will not allow me to add a border. Both "Line Color" and "Line Thickness" remain greyed out. Is there an issue with this feature in Acrobat? Thanks.

Correct answer BhavnaNegi

The fix for this issue has been officially rolled out with latest Acrobat update

More details here: 19.008.20071 Planned update, October 02, 2018 — Release Notes for Acrobat DC Products

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nj77457776

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Trying out trial version for 30 minutes. Cannot set border colors, got a 'save as' error which forced me to quit and restart the application. Experienced a sudden crash while editing a pdf form!

Wow! good that I tried the software. It saved me from spending 18 euros a month for worthless behaviour.

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judym97588557

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This is a glaring issue. I noticed this a couple of months ago, but thought maybe it was just a glitch in the file or something. Unbelievable!

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Anonymous

Unbelievable. I just downloaded Acrobat Pro just so I could create text fields with a border on a form I created in Word. How is it even possible that Adobe can ignore such a glaring problem with their software? I guess that's what you get when a company has a monopoly position with their software - they fail to give a crap anymore as their market share allows them to be complacent... Please for the love of god fix this issue ASAP!

ericg39497767

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This must be fixed.

paulmoh

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As a former developer I am truly aghast with the user interface in Acrobat for developing or modifying exiting forms. But all of that is bearable by universally declaring the Acrobat development team as incapable. What I can not stand is having basic (yet integral) bug such as this go unfixed for so long. Maybe what will help is not only calling the Acrobat development team as incapable but also as irresponsible.

It is gut wrenching that I spent 30 minutes of frustrating experimentation just to get here and find out that this is a bug in progress since November of last year.

try67

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100% agreed. This issue should have been fixed within a week, especially now with the subscription model and its constant updates.

There's no excuse for having such a bug exist for so long.

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westaway

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yes fix please

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westaway

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what is going on with adobe I just got a Japanese auto response????

anthonyp33339325

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Wow. Now I understand. Very unprofessional not to allow features. Hitting my bottom line

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nicholash38150209

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Yes - please fix this bug...my main use of Acrobat is to mark up documents and "circling" items with objects is a critical function. It seems that once you set a color for an object type, it's irreversible. You can vary color to your heart's content, but there is no way to deselect or make transparent a color fill or stroke. Turning opacity down for either fill or stroke only does both together - so you can make a fully transparent oval...which is not much use. I tried removing and re-installing the software to reset the properties settings, but the re-install recalled my previous settings...so now polygons and circles are only useful to me if I want a fill color...and squares and bubbles I am "saving" in their transparent fill state as a workaround.

This is pretty basic functionality for PDF's...please resolve quickly (obviously I'm barking at the moon as I note the initial post from almost 2 months ago....)

I am using Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.2