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Shamoth
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May 19, 2023
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Option to change the Arrow head color fill is missing

  • May 19, 2023
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Hi,

After some update of Adobe Reader i can't find anymore option to change arrow head color fill in comment tools. It used to be in line properties next to outline color/type options on the right sight of properties window. Now i see only option to change color fill of arrow and text field, that is common for them, in tool that have arrow and text box. 

Right now it is filled with blue color at one PC, at other one is red and at third one is transparent... 

I have no clue where to find that option...

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    Correct answer Mike32153922l6fa

    The latest version that was pushed to the users in my company has the funtionality restored. 

     

     

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    Mike32153922l6faCorrect answer
    Participant
    October 9, 2023

    The latest version that was pushed to the users in my company has the funtionality restored. 

     

     

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      Austin318741545a0e
      Participant
      October 9, 2023

      So I've notice the same thing, but it seems you can only change the fill color for individual arrows and not the default setting?? When the arrow tool is in use but a specific arrow is not selected, this is normally how you change the default options for arrows in general. When you select an arrow and change options, you're just changing the parameters of that specific arrow. However, the "More" option (which is where the fill color option is), is ONLY available when a specifc arrow is selected, making the default fill color unable to be changed. 

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      ShamothAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      October 10, 2023

      You got no option to save current object parameters as default for choosen tool as below in latest Reader version, marked in red circle location of "defaulting" parameters?

       

       

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        Aleksey30148472ayym
        Participant
        September 8, 2023

        Adding to this, this is really frustrating and we need to get this feature back.

         

        Thank you.

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        Mike32153922l6fa
        Participant
        September 8, 2023

        We are a very large company and need to have the filled arrow option put back into Acrobat Pro

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        MikeDASRC
        Participant
        August 28, 2023

        I'm having the same issue and frustrations as everyone.  Really hoping to see a resolution on this, soon.

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        Austin318741545a0e
        Participant
        August 24, 2023

        Was this ever fixed? I use green arrows in my work and because my fill color is stuck on red I'm now limited to a Christmas color theme. People rely on Acrobat to create professional looking PDFs, how has this issue not been fixed over three months later?

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          Raymond_J
          Participant
          August 28, 2023

          'ColorFill' option is still there in Adobe Acrobat DC but not in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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          John22241188d1f7
          Participant
          August 11, 2023

          I'm stunned at the reply that doesn't understand your question!!

          I am having exactly the same problem. The functionality is poor and on top of that, every time I use the pan command it defaults to a selct and a blue box appears.

          Not so user friendly.

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          R3128189760ef
          Participant
          July 25, 2023

          They should just put it back the way it was. Adobe is going down. First, they removed the ability to have the creative software on your computer anymore so that they can be in your pocket INDEFINITELY like another bill. I wouldn't be surprised if they intended to charge for the ability to make the arrowhead the same or a different color. 🙎

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            John22241188d1f7
            Participant
            August 11, 2023

            I'm looking for an alternative PDF editor. I have given up with Adobe.

            The functionality is frustrating and it is far from user friendly. It is taking me twice as long to mark up drawings with comments.

            Meenakshi Negi
            Community Manager
            Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            June 23, 2023

            Hi All,

             

            Sorry about the delay in response.

             

            Thank you for sharing the information, screenshots, and sample PDFs. We have shared the issue with the team for further investigation. We will keep you updated with information received from the team.

             

            We do appreciate your patience.

             

            Thanks,

            Meenakshi

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            Katie31014312ol6u
            Participant
            July 12, 2023

            It's almost been a month now and no updates? Will this be resolved?

              Meenakshi Negi
              Community Manager
              Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              July 13, 2023

              Hi Katie31014312ol6u,

               

              Thank you for reaching out.

               

              The team is working on the fix. However, it may take some time.

              We will update you once we have more information or a fix available.

              We appreciate your patience.

               

              Thanks,

              Meenakshi 

                Bernd Alheit
                Community Expert
                Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                June 15, 2023

                You can change the color with Foxit Reader.

                  Meenakshi Negi
                  Community Manager
                  Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
                  Community Manager
                  May 25, 2023

                  Hi Shamoth,

                   

                  Thank you for reaching out.

                   

                  When you say, "option to change arrowhead color fill in comment tools." we are unsure about the tool you refer to here. Could you please share the screenshot and explain where the option used to be? It will be helpful.

                  Also, share the current application and OS version you are using.

                   

                  In the meantime, you may refer to the following help document on the comment tools in Acrobat: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/commenting-pdfs.html. 

                  Check if that helps.

                   

                  Thanks,

                  Meenakshi

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                  ShamothAuthor
                  Participating Frequently
                  May 29, 2023

                  Windows 10 Pro 21H2 19044.2965

                  Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.001.20174 64bit

                  Arrow head color fill option used to be somewhere where red retangle is. 

                  So im left with blue fill, friend got it locked to green and other one after installing fresh Reader just got reansparent fill  and no option to change it.

                   

                   

                  Option used to be just like in text field with arrow, where i can change outline and fill color. 

                   

                   

                  So, where in current version i can change simple arrow fill color?

                    ronl69008557
                    ronl69008557
                    Participating Frequently
                    June 19, 2023

                    Hi ronl69008557,

                     

                    Thank you for sharing the information and the screenshot.

                    Could you please confirm the Acrobat version number currently installed?

                    We will get this checked with the team. 

                     

                    Thanks,

                    Meenakshi


                    Long story short we need our fill color back for arrows

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