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using the text box tool in prof 7

marion6
Registered: Apr 4 2007
Posts: 4

I use Prof 7. In the "drawing markups toolbar" there is a text box tool. When you click on the text box tool a box opens and the cursor turns into a hand tool. This happens unless you click the "keep tool selected" box. However, of late when I click on the text box tool, it flashes for a second and goes away. I cannot keep it on my screen unless I click the "keep tool selected" box. I KNOW the text box tool is supposed to stay on the screen when you first click on it so that you can type into it. However for some reason (I believe the program has become corrupted) this doesn't happen anymore. Can you help?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.5, Windows
dbaker
Expert
Registered: Feb 10 2006
Posts: 413
Hi --

It does sound like your program is corrupted. To fix it, choose Help > Repair Acrobat Installation. The program will evaluate and repair any errors.donna.

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marion6
Registered: Apr 4 2007
Posts: 4
Thank you for your response, Donna. I clicked on Help: Detect and Repair, it went through its girations, when it was done I restarted the system, and unfortunately it's still the same as it was before. I don't have a "Repair Acrobat Installation" under Help. Just the Detect and Repair. I have become used to choosing the "select tool" and THEN the text box tool in order to write in the text box. Nothing else works. I asked our IT dept to reinstall my Acrobat, but all they did was to install an update. It didn't fix my problem. I don't want to ask them again. I just use my "workaround." If you can think of anything else, please let me know. I really appreciate that you bothered to answer my question. Thanks, Marion