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ashleyw42715064
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November 23, 2017
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Combining text boxes (Acrobat Pro DC 2018, PC)

  • November 23, 2017
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Hi

I've been given a pdf with a footer I need to edit. My problem is that the text seems to be in several different boxes so it's very awkward to edit. It appears like this:

When I edit the text it ends up becoming a jumbled mess. When I select I can move parts of it, so it looks like this:

So I can see that the text is different parts. The top box all seems to be one section with spaces, each bit in the text below is a different box, so it's a mess.

Is there any way I can combine this all into one text box that flows nicely and is easy to edit?

Thanks!

    Correct answer ashleyw42715064

    Thanks for reply.

    I've found it easiest to copy the text before going into edit mode (as this treats it as one block), then paste it in a new box and edit from there. I'm still not clear how the original problem with weird diagonally-divided text comes about, but I can now work with it.

    Cheers

    Ash

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    Sri Harsha29580130ls9b
    Participant
    April 25, 2023

    abode is garbage.! use infix pdf pro.! it can do lot of great things.! adobe is not even close to doing those. Sure it is slow and crashes sometimes, but it gets things done!

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      Tariq AhmadCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      December 25, 2017

      Hi  Ashleyw,

      Sorry for the delay in response.

      Acrobat is not an editing application primarily, but it allows users to do minor text edits. That being said I am not saying it should do what you are experiencing. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused. I would suggest converting the file to Microsoft Word format and then make required changes and convert the file back to Acrobat if that eases your workflow.

      Also, I would suggest filing this experience with our product team Acrobat for Windows and Mac: New (1132 ideas) – Share your feedback on Acrobat DC  and help us with your comments.

      -Tariq Dar

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        kjn1154@gmail.com
        Participant
        October 7, 2019
        I don't understand why Acrobat breaks up text boxes. I really need the text to be in one box and not several. Is there ANY WAY I can accomplish this?
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          pvanstro
          Participating Frequently
          April 7, 2020
          Yes. Return to the source document and its application, and create the original document correctly. Acrobat is not designed to do editing and design/layout.

          This is such a garbage answer. "Adobe isn't designed to do editing". Acrobat Pro software application is CHANGING existing formatted text without the user's consent and then you have no REAL answer on how to fix it. It does this automatically whenever saving a document.

           

          Your not providing a solution because it does this even when the document was CREATED through Acrobat. For example, if I create a text box with the letter A. Alvarez (A being the initial for the first name and Alvarez being the last name), Adobe Acrobat PRO decides to separate these into different text boxes despite being formatted originally as ONE text box. It's beyond frustrating and your excuses are not acceptable. This is lazy customer service and lazy software design.

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