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June 11, 2019
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Remove background blue highlight-by-click

  • June 11, 2019
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Hello, I'm using acrobat pro dc version: 19.12.20034.328841

When I open a scanned document, if I click on any page, it becomes blue, the whole page becomes covered by blue transparent cover. This happens only for scanned documents (raster image). For documents created from, e.g. ms word, this does not happen. How to turn this useless unnecessary feature off? It's like some constant "fill" tool from photoshop instead of a mere mouse pointer. I do not need to fill my page with any color, why on Earth does it happen by default when I click onto a page?

Appreciate any help. Thank you!

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      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      June 11, 2019

      Go to Edit - Preferences - General and tick off "Make hand tool select text & images".

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        OvererAuthor
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        June 12, 2019

        Thank you, but now I cannot select text... this program is made by a genius of usability.

        So, I need to keep selecting text but I need to disable selecting images. This very "clever" program treats a scanned document (even if it was OCRed) as a big image. I think it is impossible to convince it otherwise (like that it is a background which does not have to be selected every time you click onto white background).

        May be it is possible to disable highlighting when an image is selected? Why it have to go all blue? E.g. in ms word when u click onto image it does not change color.

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          liann_4450
          Participant
          September 4, 2024

          Hi Maria3741830687c9,

           

          Thank you for reaching out.

           

          If you are trying to change the highlight color for the form fields or remove them, please go to Menu > Preferences > Forms. You will see the option under the Highlight color title on the right-hand side of the Preferences window.

           

           

          If you are looking for something else, please let us know what you are trying to remove. It would be helpful if you could share the screenshot and explain what is happening. Share the Acrobat and OS version on the machine. 

           

          Let us know how it goes.

           

          Thanks,

          Meenakshi

           

           

           

          Marking a reply or response “Correct” will help future users with the same issue quickly identify the correct answer.


          Hello Meenakshi. I tried to use your guide, but it did not change the way that the blue tint covers my PDF when I click on it. In order for me to remove the blue tint, I have to click on the PDF and it turns white again. This seems easy to do, but it is a nuisance that I even have to do it. I just want the PDF to be white by defaualt and stay white even if I click on it. Can you please help me solve this? Thank you.

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