I understood that the typewriter tool defaulted to black. However, my typewriter tool is red. I would like black. Any suggestions on how to change this?
Typewriter Tool Font Color
2007-05-29 08:43:53
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows
2008-10-20 11:20:24
#2
(FROM MY POSTING ELSEWHERE ON THIS SITE):
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.
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.
2008-11-10 10:26:27
#3
Ok, Adobe combines highlight, underline and cross-out text tool in one toolbar. To edit the appearances is to activate one of the tool icons, then right click and scroll down to Properties Bar. You now get the properties toolbar of the activated tool icon – in which you can now change color as well as opacity. But this feature is also secured by your registered name in the Adobe program dedicated to YOUR computer – which can be seen in your Edit> Preferences> Identity dialog box. Otherwise, the options in the properties toolbar appear frozen so you can not change anything. This is particularly the case with the typewriter icon-properties toolbar. The other two I have been able to change. Now I need to see how I can thaw the typewriter toolbar options so I can edit its appearance. Can anyone find out how??? Using Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0.
2008-11-10 12:31:26
#4
To reiterate:
The controlling of appearances of the typewriter text is governed only by the typewriter icon’s Properties dialog box. Left click the typewriter icon then right click to scroll down and left click Properties Bar. This opens the Properties dialog box specifically for the typewriter. In it appears your registered name taken from your computer. And all images are thawed so you can edit to choose whatever color you like. For you VMills, this means that the set-color in your typewriter properties somehow became red which you can now change it back to black. Be sure to have the opacity at 100. Do Not Lock, now close and hopefully this will work. Can anyone help with thawing from my previous blog?
The controlling of appearances of the typewriter text is governed only by the typewriter icon’s Properties dialog box. Left click the typewriter icon then right click to scroll down and left click Properties Bar. This opens the Properties dialog box specifically for the typewriter. In it appears your registered name taken from your computer. And all images are thawed so you can edit to choose whatever color you like. For you VMills, this means that the set-color in your typewriter properties somehow became red which you can now change it back to black. Be sure to have the opacity at 100. Do Not Lock, now close and hopefully this will work. Can anyone help with thawing from my previous blog?
2009-02-09 09:55:25
#5
Can anyone please tell me why is my "Registered" date showing the year 1969???
2009-06-19 10:15:48
#6
Can anyone please tell me why is my "Registered" date showing the year 1969???
It's a glitch that we're aware of and are looking for a solution.
This issue has been reported by others and the solution offered was to delete a registry key (not something to be taken lightly). Here is the Adobe forum thread with a fix that worked for some people-
[url=http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc269a8]http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc269a8[/url]
No one seems to know why the red text occurs, but hopefully this will be fixed in the 8.1 release, due soon.
Hope that helps,
Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
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WindJack Solutions
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