Acrobat 9 Pro Text Color

I have Adobe Acrobat 9 pro and I have a PDF document that I would like to type in this form.  Under Name, I would use Typewriter to type my name there.  However, the text color is black.  I want to change the text color to some other color so the text stands out in the form.  I don't see any way to change the text color.
The PDF document was a scanned document that I want to fill in the fields such as Name, Date,  Building, etc....  Should I use Typewriter or Text box to enter fill in those fields?  Once those fields have been field in, how do I change the text color?

Hi pjfisher14,
In Acrobat 9, to change the color of your Typewriter text, you have to use the Typewriter toolbar.
To show the typewriter toolbar, select Tools > Typewriter > Show typewriter toolbar.
One of the items on the toolbar is the text color setting.
The easiest thing to do is select the typewriter tool, select your text color on the typewriter toolbar and then type your text.
If you have already typed some text, you can change the color by doing the following:
Change to the regular section tool.
Triple-click on the typewriter text that you have already types. A triple-click should highlight all the text. The typewriter toolbar will now activate and you can change the text color.
Regards,
Charlene

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