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hiding text boxes

2007-01-12 13:57:14

davewhiffen

Registered: Jan 12 2007

Posts: 4

i created a document from powerpoint with text and images

when i converted it to .pdf, every time i move the cursor across one of the images, a text box appears

this happens in both reader and pro

how do i prevent this fom happening?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7, Windows

2007-01-14 10:43:04

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

Can you send a file to me to help us try to run down the problem here? This sounds strange unless you're clicking with the Hand tool when your Preferences are set to select images before text in which case you should see a slected graphic and not a text box.

Send the file to [url=mailto:ted [at] west [dot] net.]ted [at] west [dot] net.[/url]ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

2007-01-14 19:02:58

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

Dave,

Thanks for sending me the file. There's nothing irregular about the PDF generated from the PDFMaker in PowerPoint. Dragging the cursor across objects on a PDF page can select text or images depending on the preference options for the Hand tool behavior in the General Preferences. Open the Preferences and remove checkmarks where you see "Make Hand tool..." there are 4 checkboxes that control Hand tool behavior. Turn them all off.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.