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I have just discovered that pressing "a" alone triggers the "detect form fields" command, annoyingly. Is there a way to disable this? I can't figure out what is causing it to happen beyond this (ie some third party app). And I cannot find a trigger in the preferences to Acrobat DC Pro.
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This is not normal behavior of Acrobat. What's the exact version number of the application (You can find it out by going to Help - About Adobe Acrobat)? What's your OS version?
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MacOS 11.2.3 (20D91)
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Try this: Go to the Acrobat app menu, then Preferences, General and tick off "Use single-key accelerators to access tools".
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Yes, that stops the action. It also blocks functionality that I rely on.
Is "a" not a known single-key accelerator?
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I was not aware of it until now, and it doesn't do that in my version of Acrobat...
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It looks like this IS the accelerator for form fields:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/keyboard-shortcuts.html
(under "A" or "a").
My question is: how can I disable this particular accelarator without disabling the other accelerators?
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I guess it's a new addition.
And you can't disable or enable just one accelerator, or re-map it to another key, I'm afraid.