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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/td-p/1739139 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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I am having an issue with the typewriter tool. I cannot seem to change my font on about 95% of my PDFs? Every once in awhile I am able to change the font and size. But I cannot find a consistancy and cannot figure out the issue? When I want to write on the PDFs to change size or font, it won't allow me to. Any ideas?
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LEGEND , Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009 CtDave • LEGEND , Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009Bon dia lorne17,
Perhaps you need to run a "repair" on Acrobat?While the change options for Acrobat 8.x Pro/3D are not as fully featured
as those in Acrobat Pro Extended, both do have change options.With either application I can consistently access the available choices in a fairly
straight forward manner.Using Acrobat 3D (8.1.4)
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Open the Typewriter toolbar. With the Hand tool selected, single click on a text string
entered earlier by the Typewriter tool. The cursor shape becomes up-down, left-right
a/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739140#M3613 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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You can't change text of the typewriter tool. When you add text with the TouchUp Text Tool you can change the font.
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739141#M3614 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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Yes I am aware of this tool. But I used the Typewriter tool to write on top of the actual PDF. Sometimes it allows me to use the tools in the typewriter toolbox and most of the time it doesn't. How do I activate these tools to allow the text I type, using the typewriter tool to input new text on top of the PDF??
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Community Expert ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739142#M3615 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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Activate the TouchUp Text Tool, press the Ctrl key and point on the document.
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739143#M3616 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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I think we are talking about two different methods of typing on the page. I prefer to use the 'Typewriter' Tool, under Tools>Typewriter. The TouchUp Text Tool is something I don't use.
When I use the Typewriter tool, I can move, and position the text I typed. But the font, size, increase/decrease size, increase/decrease line spacing and the color options stay greyed out in the Typewriter toolbar. That used to show as options I can select and not greyed out. Why is this?
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Community Expert ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739144#M3617 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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Did you click into the text?
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Community Beginner ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739145#M3618 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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Yes, I've tried changing the text before typing while having the typewriter tool active. I've tried clicking the text to change it. I've tried highlighting the text to change it. I've tried to go to properties of the text, and no options under there.
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Community Expert ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739146#M3619 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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Can you post a sample?
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739220#M3693 Jul 13, 2013 Jul 13, 2013
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Here is my experience. I could not activate the typewriter toools' font change, size and type boxes , located next to the Typewriter Logo,either. They were faded out and not active. So, when I typed something in the typewriter box, I highlighted ( selected) the typed text, then i double clicked on it. suddenly, the inactive typewriter features, like font size, spacing, type,etc., became active!
So, try, double clicking on the placed text.
I was using Standard Ver.9
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739221#M3694 Nov 05, 2013 Nov 05, 2013
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Hard to believe the degree of difficulty here. This is what I've read or tried:
Acrobat 9.5.5 Standard, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Enabling the typewriter toolbar - it's always been enabled and text size changes used to work
Starting to type 'off the margin' of the document' - no joy
Changing PDF/A View Mode (always been 'never') - no joy
Editing the registry - not going there
Scanning option is set to OCR
Printing the scan back to a PDF - no joy
Scanning color, gray or black & white, no difference, no joy
Killed the acrobat process in Task Manager - wow, that did it
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739222#M3695 Feb 23, 2014 Feb 23, 2014
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Adobe 9 Standard - 9.5.3: Alt+F8 to reset your toolbars, then add them back in. Worked for me. Still need to double-click and select tet before the typewrittere edit buttons become un-grayed.
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/14114088#M431045 Sep 26, 2023 Sep 26, 2023
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I have been trying to solve this for far too long. This worked. You are my hero! 🙂
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/t5/acrobat-discussions/cannot-change-font-size-or-anything-for-typewriter-tool/m-p/1739147#M3620 Apr 07, 2009 Apr 07, 2009
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Bon dia lorne17,
Perhaps you need to run a "repair" on Acrobat?While the change options for Acrobat 8.x Pro/3D are not as fully featured
as those in Acrobat Pro Extended, both do have change options.With either application I can consistently access the available choices in a fairly
straight forward manner.Using Acrobat 3D (8.1.4)
Open the Typewriter toolbar. With the Hand tool selected, single click on a text string
entered earlier by the Typewriter tool. The cursor shape becomes up-down, left-right
arrows. Double Click.
The mouse pointer is now an "I-beam" and a blinking cursor line is present at the insertion point. Click-drag to select text.The Typewriter toolbar's change options become accessible.
(text size and line spacing)
With the text string still selected, right click for the context menu. Go to the bottom
entry (Text Style) from which a secondary menu is presented for some choices for
text style.Using Acrobat Pro Extended (9.1)
A similar approach. Hand tool > double click > use "I-beam" to click-drag for text selection.
Options for change are now accessible on the Typewriter toolbar.
Unlike Acrobat 8, you have font color, font type and font size as choices with
Acrobat 9.