How do I change typewriter font color?

Hi Melissa,

According to this Adobe Knowledge Base article-

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401730&sliceId=1this issue was fixed in Acrobat 8.1. It is listed towards the bottom of the section “Issues Addressed By the Acrobat 8.1 Update.” Have you tried Detect and Repair from the Help menu to see if that fixes the problem?



If that does not work and you are still experiencing the problem, Adobe has a TechNote on how to change a registry setting on your system to fix it.

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=320120&sliceId=1NOTE:Please be sure to read the entire TechNote carefully and make a backup of your registry, as changing the registry is a potentially hazardous operation.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com

Thank you for your reply - I do not see the option to "detect and repair" from the help menu.

Hi Melissa,

What program and version are you using the typewrtier tool with? Acrobat Standard, Professional, Adobe Reader?

You can add this information when you post a question and it is helpful for anyone replying to your posts.

For example if you are using the free Adobe Reader version 8 the menu item under Help is "Repair Adobe Reader Installation", if you are using Acrobat Pro version 7 it is "Detect and Repair," if you are using Acrobat 8 Pro it is "Repair Acrobat Installation,"- menu item names can and do change so this is really helpful information to include in any post.

Hope this helps,

Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.windjack.com

Thank you again.

I have Adobe Acrobat Standard version 8.1.2. I ran the "repair acrobat installation" from the help menu and rebooted. No change - they typewriter field is still red.

Hi Melissa,

The problem you are experiencing "might" not be a text color problem, but instead an opacity condition. Some users have stated their typewriter text was originally black, but now is purple, or in some cases red like yours. I suppose it depends on the monitor and/or whether or not the user has a slight red-green color blind deficency. But, that's for another day . . . Anyway, I suspect that the opacity of the courier font has been changed from its original setting of 100% (pure black) to something less resulting in a "fading" of the text. This fading could appear as purple or red. Here's an easy way to correct this. (This is applicable to 7.0.5 and newer versions)

1.) From the Drop-Down Menu, left-click TOOLS > scroll down to ADVANCED EDITING > left-click on SELECT OBJECT TOOL. Cursor changes to white arrow.2.) Drag cursor over any "Typewriter Text" area until cursor turns black and left-click. Now there should be a black outline around only that one text area. With the cursor still black and inside the outlined box, right-click and choose EDIT > left-click SELECT ALL. This will then put a black outline around ALL Typewriter Text areas.3.) With all text areas now outlined, move cursor again over any Typewriter Text area until curse turns black again and right-click again > then, left-click PROPERTIES. This brings up a popup window with 2 tabs, Appearance and General. Left-click on the Appearance Tab and you will see the slider control for opacity level. Make sure it is at 100%.Your done!

Hope this helps.

Cheers...

FOLLOW UP EDIT:
I just discovered that the Typewriter is tied in with the STAMP TOOL Function. This means that the procedure above may not always work depending upon how the original document was initially saved. If the procedure above does not present a tab labelled "Appearance" in the Properties, then here's the work around:

1.) Left click the HAND TOOL button.

2.) From your files where you store pictures and graphics find any graphic (.bmp .jpg .tiff, whatever) and open it with a graphic application (Paint, Photoshop, Paintshop, whatever). From the Edit dropdown, choose Select All and then hit Ctrl-C.

3.) Going back to Adobe, with HAND TOOL still active , hit Ctrl-V and paste the graphic on to your document. The graphic "should" appear slightly opque.

4.) Now, click the SELECT OBJECT TOOL button, then click the newly pasted graphic to highlight it, righ click the graphic again and click EDIT, SELECT ALL.

5.) Right click on any one of the highlighted areas, then right click again and choose PROPERTIES. The resultant pop up should now have a tab labelled "APPEARANCES". After adjusting the opacity, DO NOT check the lock box.

6.) Now, you can delete the graphic you pasted and you're good to go.

I know that this is an old thread, but I am experiencing the same problem using Acrobat Standard 8.3.0 and cannot fix it using the suggestions offered by Craig C.

I could not link to either to the 2nd KB article that Dmitri suggested, possibly because this is such an old thread. The first didn't offer any solution, just that it was supposed to be fixed in release 8.1, but I am using 8.3.

Is there any new info?

Update to the forum's software no longer accepts the older link formatting.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401730.php -- New features and issues addressed in the Acrobat 8.1 Update

New features and issues addressed in the Acrobat 8.1 UpdateHave you tried to create the colored text in MS Word and then cut and paste the colored text from MS Word to the Typewriter annotation.