Why is Adobe Acrobat Pro is merging my layers? Is this a glitch? Preferences setting?

[1960sgal]

Why is Adobe Acrobat Pro is merging my layers? Is this a glitch? Or a preferences thing? I am not a Acrobat PRO. I do have 30+ years as a graphic designer though. I am having the WORST time wotking in this program.  I am almost finished with this editable address label (created in FORM) and AAP decides that it will merge my layers. All by itself. As you see there is a black outline on each label. This is my template that I was going to delete after finishing the text layers.

•What do I do to stop this behavior?

• Is there any salvaging this document?

•Can I remove the image and keep the text boxes?

• Export the text boxes for the next sheet of labels?

[Abambo]

Acrobat does not merge layers (if not instructed to flatten the file). You need to show the document before the “merging” operation.