Change Defaults - Acrobat Pro XI 11.0.10 on Win 8.1

90%+ of the time I am adding a text box to a PDF file it is to add a comment reflecting the payment information on a bill I have paid. I'd like to be able to change the DEFAULT settings for color, size and font so that I don't have to go through changing the settings on every document. I've not been able to find where that is possible.
Please advise, as I use this function dozens of times each week.
Thanks in advance!

Exactly. Here are the steps I take:
1] Open PDF document.
2] Open the "tools" sidebar
3] Choose "add Text", and the options bar opens.
The default settings show as 12pt Minion Pro, Black, normal.
I would *like* those default settings to be 16pt Arial Red, Bold for ANY document I open.
CAN this be done, and - if so - how?

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Hi Test Screen Name,
While reproducing the problem I realized I was in error as to how far in the sequence the problem occured. I actually do get as far as batch creating PDF,. The only difference there is that I can no longer "drag and drop" files in the batch create window. I have to use the "Add files..." command in the upper left of the batch create window.
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I have not yet tried saving them to a different directory. I will try that later today. (I didn't want to have a lot of versions of the same documents, it tends to be confusing.)
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On Dec 27, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Phillip Jones wrote:
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Change Defaults - Acrobat Pro XI 11.0.10 on Win 8.1

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