Setting Default Font for Text Box in Acrobat XI

Question

As part of the projects I work on, I scan in all the document copies I acquire and add to the bottom of the first page the pertinent information needed, i.e., the record source, the volume and the page, using the text box (or typewriter) tool.

In previous versions of Acrobat, I have been able to choose a font style once and it carry over to any subsequent documents I process. In Acrobat Pro XI, it always comes up as Minion Pro, and I have to change it to Arial Black each and every time. Is there a way to set Arial Black as the default choice for the text box?

For what it's worth, I am using Windows 8.

Thanks.

PragMattWV&DC · Accepted Answer

I have come across a work-around to this for Acrobat Pro XI. It is a two-part process and a bit cumbersome, but it works.

First, go in and add your Text Box and whatever text you need. After doing this, select all the text, then bring up a Text Box Text Properties bar by putting your cursor into the top tool bar area, right clicking and selecting "Properties Bar" or just hit Ctrl+E. The Text Box Text Properties bar will appear (floating, but not permanently). Leave the text selected and change the font properties to what you need.

Second, deselect the text, select the Text Box border, right click, and then select "Make current properties default" from the pop-up window. FYI, the Text Box Text Properties bar will have changed to a floating Properties bar at this point, so if you need to make further changes, just Close the bar and go back to Ctrl+E to call it back up and make further changes.

I am using Windows 7 64-bit.

Many thanks, PragMattDC. Works for me, and I'm running Mac Mavericks 10.9.2.

Not to throw rocks here (at least too hard), but does it strike others as ludicrous that we need to resort to this level and method of communication to be able to bring some basic level of operability to what, in prior incarnations, was functional software?

Ted in NC

kimycamp · Answer

This ONLY works for Adobe Acrobat DC and not for Adobe XI Pro.

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