Can I change the default textbox size?

[mikeh19684560]

I use textboxes a lot for entering part numbers and the default size in Acrobat 7 was perfect - about 7 characters wide. I'm now using Acrobat DC and the width of the textbox is larger, perhaps 15-20 characters wide. Is there a way to change this?

I've formatted the textbox the way I want and saved it as the default, but it only saves the colors and font, not the width or height.

Additionally, the text box appears below and to the right of where I click the mouse to insert it. Is this normal? I can get used to it but it is a bit annoying.

[stuporman7]

Bump. Anyone?

[Meenakshi Negi]

Hi stuporman7,

Sorry for the delay in response.

If you are referring to "Add text box" tool, then it is not possible change the default size of the box.

However you can make the changes in the size of the box once you add it in the PDF.

It is a designed behavior that the text box appears on the below and to the right of where the mouse is clicked.

If you wish, you can share your idea or suggest to add this feature here : Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Regards,

Meenakshi

[balanced_think01AC]

This is too bad - another example of Adobe reducing the functionality and user friendliness in its products. Older versions of Acrobat Pro had this capability - and lots more. Pay more, get less...

[Bernd Alheit]

mlpcwhite@gmail.com  wrote

... Older versions of Acrobat Pro had this capability - and lots more. Pay more, get less...

No, it was never possible.

[balanced_think01AC]

...My error in recollecting older capability. What I had recalled - worked in old versions, and still works in DC as I have now unravelled - is that one can:

1. Create a first field, e.g., a text box;
2. Adjust its properties and appearance, e.g., size, font, font size, etc.;
3. Right click on that first field; and
4. Select "Use current properties as new default".

All subsequent fields, e.g., text fields, will have the properties set for that first field.

Thanks for making me look harder.

[Bernd Alheit]

There are differences between comment text boxes and form text fields.

[balanced_think01AC]

Indeed. But almost the same principle applies. In a comment text box one can set the default font and font size as default for subsequent comment text boxes (by an analogous procedure). But one can't set the size of the comment text box itself as a default.

[Ruixin25882649csq0]

this method worked on me!  yay!