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Contentra01
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September 6, 2016
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Opacity box enlarges when selecting a text box

  • September 6, 2016
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I recently upgraded my operating system from 10.6.8 to 10.11.6.

I've kept Acrobat 9.5, because I like the arrangement of tools much better than in later versions.

However, with the later OS a new problem emerges. When I have the Properties Bar displayed and click on a text box or callout box, all the second row tools stay the same size but the opacity box becomes 10 times larger! The ribbon containing it increases as well. Even when there's no current selection, once the Opacity box balloons it stays gigantic throughout the work on that pdf.

This causes the whole page to jump around while I wait for it to settle down.

I know of three other people who have had this problem, so I'm hoping that others have found a solution. I've explored removing the opacity box but can't see how to do that; the properties bar seems on/off, no customization.

Thanks for your help.

Kirsten

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Correct answer Karl Heinz Kremer

I assume you are referring to Mac OS X versions when you say 10.6.8 and 10.11.6. Acrobat 9 is not supported and not compatible with Mac OS X 10.11, and it's not surprising that you are running into problems. There is nothing you can do except downgrade your operating system again (or run the older version in a virtual machine, but in this case, you would need to get the server version of 10.6 - only that can be run in a VM), or to upgrade your Acrobat version to Acrobat DC.

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Karl Heinz Kremer
Karl Heinz KremerCorrect answer
Community Expert
September 6, 2016

I assume you are referring to Mac OS X versions when you say 10.6.8 and 10.11.6. Acrobat 9 is not supported and not compatible with Mac OS X 10.11, and it's not surprising that you are running into problems. There is nothing you can do except downgrade your operating system again (or run the older version in a virtual machine, but in this case, you would need to get the server version of 10.6 - only that can be run in a VM), or to upgrade your Acrobat version to Acrobat DC.

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Contentra01Author
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September 6, 2016

Thanks for the information, and so quickly! Unfortunately 10.6 is no longer supported by anybody, so I must stay with the more current operating system.

There are issues with later Acrobat versions, namely that I couldn't dock the Properties Bar and I use that all the time--it would be a huge time suck to have to navigate to it each time. I know other people have expressed unhappiness about this. Has that issue been resolved? If so, I might upgrade my Acrobat. Thanks!

Karl Heinz Kremer
Karl Heinz Kremer
Community Expert
September 6, 2016

No, you cannot dock the properties bar, but it's easy to show and hide it using Cmd-E

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