Make Acrobat X selection tool detect paragraphs of text...

Acrobat X selection tool fails to detect paragraphs of text. Manually selected paragraphs have broken sentences with line breaks. This problem is also noticed when you attempt to triple click a paragraph and only one line of text is selected instead of a paragraph. Can this be fixed?

can't it tell by the visual formatting of indents, text proximity/clusters, etc? if humans can tell, why can't acrobat be trained to tell?

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Acrobat X selection tool fails to detect paragraphs of text...

Acrobat X selection tool fails to detect paragraphs of text. Manually selected paragraphs have broken sentences with line breaks. This problem is also noticed when you attempt to triple click a paragraph and only one line of text is selected instead of a paragraph. Can this be fixed?

can't it tell by the visual formatting of indents, text proximity/clusters, etc? if humans can tell, why can't acrobat be trained to tell?

Select tool covers text instead of highlighting it

Hi. I am using Acrobat 9 Pro version 9.2.0 on Windows XP Pro. Sometimes the select tool covers over the text instead of highlighting it. Why does it do this and how can I get it to stop doing it?
Thank you

Funny how you'd think that would work and it does - sort of. What happens is that, yes the highlighting is less,
but the text becomes all "fuzzy" and unclear. It's as if the you're looking through a piece of transparent but sand blasted glass. You can see through it but the text is out of focus.
And it only does it on some files and not others.

Single key to deactivate Type tool and activate Selection tool ??

The set of keystroke shortcuts on the CD that comes with Deke McClelland's InDesign One-on-One books has a shortcut that deactivates the Type tool and activates the Selection tool by pressing Enter key on the keypad. I can't even imagine working with text in InDesign without that shortcut!
Question: Has anyone created a script to do the same thing in Illustrator? I don't know if Deke has included a similar shortcut for Illustrator because I as of CS3, the only Illustrator One-on-Ones from Deke are on CD ROMs that cost upwards of $150 on Amazon which I will not be purchasing (snarl).
Thanks in advance.
Toni

Hi Jacob,
Good to hear from you.
Actually, I want to activate the Selection tool outside the active text box, and often just deactivate the Type tool so I can get to another tool using it's keystroke short cut. For example, to go from the Type tool to the Frame tool without having to use the intermediate step of Command+click+V. Deke's shortcut allows me to keep one hand on the keyboard or the mouse and just perform a single action to deactivate the Type tool. The Enter key on the keypad is ideal for me because I mouse with my left hand.
Cheers, T

Trouble with Select tool in Acrobat 9

When I try to make a selection in a .pdf, the selection box is randomly sized and placed. For example, I select an area in the middle of the page, but when I let go of the mouse the selection box reduces in size and moves up/down the page. I am selecting an area with graphics, no text. This does not happen with all my .pdf documents, only certain ones that have been created within certain programs (e.g., ArcGIS 9.3 and geoPDF's).
The Snapshot tool works fine, but the resolution of the selection is much poorer than what I get with the Selection tool after I paste the selection into a Word document.
Is there a way to fix this, or change the settings on the Snapshot tool for better resolution so that I can use that tool instead?
Thanks in advance for your help.

I suspect that's not the problem, as I have no trouble selecting an area of any size I wish of images/objects most of the time. The Select tool, at least in Acrobat 9, allows you to do this.

Acrobat Reader DC: Find the hand and select tools

Here is a problem and a solution. In Adobe Reader DC you may want to use the hand tool and the select tool. But you won't get them to show in the main toolbar, no matter how deep you dig in the Show/Hide menu.
SOLUTION: hover your mouse in the lower part of the screen to show the Page Control tools. That's where you'll see the hand and select tools.
The complete steps are:
1. Click View > Show/Hide > Page Controls, and make sure that Show Page Controls is selected.
2. The page controls will appear either on your toolbar or at the bottom of the screen.
3. To move the page controls to the bottom of the screen (or back to your toolbar), click the icon that looks like a bar with a downwards arrow.
4. You will only be able to see the hand and select tools when the page controls are at the bottom of your screen.
Adobe, I usually love your software, but I spent a half hour looking for a hand icon. Frustration. >:-((

OK.
H to get the hand tool, and
V to return to the selection tool.
For a list of keyboard commands for Acrobat Reader 6 click Section Four: Using Keyboard Commands
And Sara, please tell them to write a complete manual for DC soon.
Thanks,
David

Why does Quick Select tool make the edges all jagged?

My Photoshop Elements Quick Select tool is great for selecting an item, a shirt say, and then I copy it and paste it onto a new page with a white background, thus eliminating the background I had before. The only thing is that it makes the edges of the item all jagged and then I have to go with the eraser tool and smooth everything out. This is not easy because my hand is not that steady. Also it is very hard on my eyes. I've already had to get new glasses. The original image, a shirt for example, has sharp delineation all around it. How can I copy it so that when I paste it onto a new background, it stays sharp and I don't have to spend ages, sometimes half an hour or more, trying to smooth out its edges? Thanks.

Hi Barbara,
Thanks for your answer about using Refine Edge. It works very well. Thanks so much. Is there a way that I can get the edge really sharp but not jagged? I've tried Smooth 8 and Feather 0 but the garment still doesn't have as sharp an edge as the original photo.
Many thanks also for your answer to Jane regarding Fill or Unfill Workspace. I couldn't find it even after a laborious task of copying every option screen in my original Photoshop Elements 6 and then comparing each photo to every option screen on my new Photoshop. It never would have occurred to me to look in Application Frame. I, like Jane and others, do not like working with my entire Workspace blacked out.
Thanks again. Would you have a suggestion re. my first paragraph herein? Thanks.

Previously i was able to select tools in the bridge and then select image processor to make jpegs from my tiffs, the image processor tab is no longer on the tools drop down menu

previously while in bridge, i was able to select tools in the drop down menu and then select image processor to get to the page where i can make tiffs and jpegs. That option is no longer available in the drop down tool selection. How do I make jpegs from my tiffs now in the bridge.
thanks
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Why can't I make a selection with my path selection tool?

While following a tutorial, I am now unable to make a path selection. I know how to select a path, have done it before, but now my path selct tool does not select a path. Did I change settings or something else that I am not aware of? Any help would be appreciated.

A changed setting may not be your problem.
One pertinent question is: Can you SEE the path you are trying to select ? That is, do you see the thin line that Photoshop uses to show you the locus of points that define your path. This is distinct from the stroke that you may have applied to the path and distinct from the fill which you may have put within your path. The point being that if you cannot see the path you cannot select it. If you cannot see the path go to the paths panel and left click on the path of interest. This will show you the path line and then with your path selection tool active clicking on any part ofthe path line will select the path.
By the way, depending on path fills and path strokes that may be present it may be difficult to see the path line.
Paulo

Acrobat 9 - table/formatted text select tool

In acrobat 5 exist "table/formatted text select tool". That function exist in acrobat 9? Where?
thanks

Hi,
as its a long time ago since the thread was wrote, but sometimes anybody is looking it could help .
Select the text of yout table with the normal text selecting tool and open the context menu with your right mousebutton. There you can save the table with "Save as table".
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Using Transform or Selection tools makes my non-background layers or whole document invisible.

I recently started having this problem in Photoshop CS6 where using the transform or selection tools makes all the layers other than my background layer disappear so I can't see what I'm selection or transforming. This happens randomly out of nowhere. I can be using those tools all day with no problem, and then out of nowhere it starts making things invisible. There doesn't seem to be any other programs running that would cause it (not that that should be an issue, my computer could easily run all my Adobe programs at once if I wanted it to), and the only thing that seems to fix it so far is restarting Photoshop. But that gets old really fast when I have to do it over and over again. I tried calling Adobe, but somehow they're always closed, even during their supposed hours of operation.

You can also try to disable the GPU accleration (hardware acceleration) completely. Usually it is the drivers to blame, but on some PC's I have noticed that disabling it completely provides better performance and a better experience than having it enabled. In my case, I lose some features that I do not use so it is not an issue for me.

Using Transform or Selection tools makes my non-background layers invisible.

I recently started having this problem in Photoshop CS6 where using the transform or selection tools makes all the layers other than my background layer disappear so I can't see what I'm selection or transforming. This happens randomly out of nowhere. I can be using those tools all day with no problem, and then out of nowhere it starts making things invisible. There doesn't seem to be any other programs running that would cause it (not that that should be an issue, my computer could easily run all my Adobe programs at once if I wanted it to), and the only thing that seems to fix it so far is restarting Photoshop. But that gets old really fast when I have to do it over and over again. I tried calling Adobe, but somehow they're always closed, even during their supposed hours of operation.

Hi there,
I'm sorry you're having problems with your software. The first step is to be sure you have all applicable updates. Secondly, you may need to reset your preferences.
This link has a number of steps that may help you deal with your issue:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776
I hope that following the instructions solve your problem, but if not, please don't hesitate to check in.

Acrobat: How can I turn off the "smart" feature of the select tool

I am trying to figure out how to turn off the feature of the select tool in Acrobat which auto-completes words of my text selections. This feature is a huge nuisance while trying to select code in my textbooks and has caused me to mis-copy examples many times.

The smartness I am referring to is when I try to select text Acrobat will attempt to automatically select the entire word (I can reverse the whole word selection by selecting back one character then going forward, but when I reach the first character of the next word Acrobat will again try to select the entire word). Worse is when I am trying to select text starting in the middle of a word, Acrobat will automatically select the entire word when I get to the last character.
In another program this option is disabled by a clearing the checkbox "When selecting, automatically select the entire word".
I've found an alternative PDF solution which does not have this nuisance, however, this is not an ideal solution...

Trying to edit a file in Acrobat, I select the image, right click-edit image. Opens in Photoshop, I make correction, but file updates back in Acrobat at a lower resolution

Trying to edit a file in Acrobat, I select the image, right click-edit image. Opens in Photoshop, I make correction, but file updates back in Acrobat at a lower resolution

What was the resolution before and after?

How to set the cursor tool to select tool when opening acrobat XI 11.0

I need the cursor tool to default to Select Tool and NOT Hand Tool when opening Acrobat XI 11.0

Hi mkwillden,
Once you select the 'Select tool' then any subsequent launches of the software should keep the 'Select tool' as default.
If not then you can specify the registry setting here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\11.0\Selection
Change the data of aDefaultSelect to Select or Hand as required.
Regards,
Rave

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