Properties Bar

My properties bar stopped working once I downloaded adobe reader XI after having X for a while. It comes up but does not show properties when it does. It just says "no current selection" even when I have things selected. Anyone else have his issue? Help if you can.

I'm having the same problem after a recent update (version 11.0.2). It's under View -> Show/Hide -> Toolbar Items -> Properties Bar, or using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+E. You can no longer change the properties of comment tools like Highlight Text or Sticky Note before applying the tool

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Acrobat 9 Properties bar greyed out for highlighting

I have posted on this issue last year, and also wrote to one of the admins -- all without any solutions, and the problem remains as bad as ever. I imagine there are a lot of other people running into this.
Acrobat 9 Properties bar greyed out (or disappears entirely) when text selected: it happens to me CONSTANTLY, using both Acrobat 8 Pro & Acrobat 9 Pro, all fully updated. Tech support is useless and refuses to acknowledge or solve this extremely annoying problem.
I need to highlight text (using different opacities of highlighting) in a variety of PDFs: scanned-ClearScan OCR, ebooks, downloaded journal articles, etc. None of them are "restricted" in any way for security, commenting, etc.
Within a few minutes of editing, when I go to highlight some text or change opacity, one of two things will happen spontaneously.
1) Properties bar disappears entirely when text selected (erroneously changes to "No current selection")
or
2) Properties bar suddenly greyed out when text selected
It is absolutely inconceivable that Adobe is unaware of this absurd defect -- and is unwilling or unable to fix such a simple functionality so that it works consistently and correctly!
And no, this is not a matter of "turning on/off" the bar using <cntrl-E> -- that's irrelevant to this defect.
And furthermore, commenting text formatting changes are not retained when set as new default (e.g., opacity of highlighting changes randomly from 20% > 60%, etc.)
And I don't want to reset all toolbars, because I have them customized just-so.
Can someone with more expertise PLEASE, PLEASE explain this problem or suggest a fix?
thank you,
calguy2010

Assumptions for this test:
1. Acrobat has been configured so that the "Text Box Tool" (part of the "Comment & Markup Toolbar") is visible on the toolbar.
(Tools --> Customize Toolbars... may need to be used to se this up)
2. The "Properties Bar" is visible (a Ctrl-E should bring it up if it is not already so)
If you had to make changes to get this configuration set, close all Acrobat windows before proceeding so that the settings will be remembered and used when new windows are open.
******BUG******
Text box TEXT PROPERTIES only accessible in most recent file opened.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open a 1st PDF
2. Open a 2nd different PDF
3. Arrange so both are visible.
4. in the 1st PDF create a text box and notice how the window for the 2nd PDF gets the TEXT BOX PROPERTIES BAR
5. notice how there is no way to change the text box properties in the first window.
Results: Text box properties can only be changed in the most recently opened window.
Expected results: Text box properties should work for all windows!
Note that no properties (color, fill, font, ...) of any object (line, rectangle, callout, ...) can be changed using the Properties Bar if the properties bar is not part of the last window opened.
The only kludgy workaround I've found is that if I need a working properties bar in a particular window I can:
1) save the file to capture any outstanding changes that might not have been captured (this is an optional step)
2) make a throw-away minor change to the file (I usually draw a short line segment)
3) Go to File --> Revert (& Confirm)
The file will close and reopen without the throw-away change and it will now be the last file opened so it will now have a working properties bar.
Go here and report it and perhaps if they hear from enough of us they will take the time to do something about it.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Making "Properties bar" active in all opened documents OR opening multiple documents in the same win

Adobe Acrobat Pro. / Extended version 9
OS: Windows XP SP3
Hi & thanks for your services.
In acrobat 8 we could open >1 pdf in the same window; this is not available for V.9 & the problem is that full editing is possible ONLY in the window opened last because "properties bar" is not active in other windows but the last one.
So please let us open more than one pdf in the same window for acrobat 9, or make full editing (active "properties bar") available in all opened windows.
I shall also say that generally V.9 is better & more stable than V.8.
With great appreciations.
[email protected]

This is the worst thing to happen to acrobat, in my opinion.
The clutter that it creates on my computer and the fact that i cant even see the document title when I have a bunch of them open (because the task bar is too full) is unacceptable.
I never would have changed from Acrobat 8 if I had known, and now I cant switch back (company license).
The latest thing i can find about addressing it is here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405108&sliceId=1
which was in november 2008....
why hasnt any thing else been done about it? I just spent 45 minutes being sent to different departments over the phone, only to be told to submit a feature request.
Please do this if you havent already:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Viewing CSS at properties bar

Hi everyone
My problem (well not a problem but) with Adobe Dreamveawer is viewing css styles at properties bar. At Adobe Dreamveawer CS3 you could see the background, font type, color etc in short as you designed. This useful function is seems disabled or hidden. I have tried to view all help files and didn't find anything. Does anyone knows how to resolve this issue? Thanks for replies.

In the CS4 Property Inspector, you have two buttons: HTML and CSS.
http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-2032992-5277/property_inspector_12 0dpi.png
You can view either CSS or HTML (but not both) at any one time by toggling these buttons.
I am not a fan of these buttons. I'd prefer to see both CSS and HTML info next to each other simultaneously.

Properties Bar displays No Selection

In every version of Acrobat Mac from 9.0 to 9.2, I find that the Properties Bar ceases to function after I've used the program for a while. When that happens, it usually displays No Selection, but sometimes it simply ceases to control the properties of the selected element. When I have multiple documents open side-by-side, sometimes the Properties Bar in the frontmost window will display No Selection, but the Properties Bar in another document window will display the properties of the selected item in the frontmost window!
I use the Properties Bar mainly to set the parameters of the Text Box, Highlight Text and Rectangle tools or to modify the parameters of previously created text boxes, highlighting or rectangles.
Is there a solution to this bug?

Assumptions for this test:
1. Acrobat has been configured so that the "Text Box Tool" (part of the "Comment & Markup Toolbar") is visible on the toolbar.
(Tools --> Customize Toolbars... may need to be used to se this up)
2. The "Properties Bar" is visible (a Ctrl-E should bring it up if it is not already so)
If you had to make changes to get this configuration set, close all Acrobat windows before proceeding so that the settings will be remembered and used when new windows are open.
******BUG******
Text box TEXT PROPERTIES only accessible in most recent file opened.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open a 1st PDF
2. Open a 2nd different PDF
3. Arrange so both are visible.
4. in the 1st PDF create a text box and notice how the window for the 2nd PDF gets the TEXT BOX PROPERTIES BAR
5. notice how there is no way to change the text box properties in the first window.
Results: Text box properties can only be changed in the most recently opened window.
Expected results: Text box properties should work for all windows!
Note that no properties (color, fill, font, ...) of any object (line, rectangle, callout, ...) can be changed using the Properties Bar if the properties bar is not part of the last window opened.
The only kludgy workaround I've found is that if I need a working properties bar in a particular window I can:
1) save the file to capture any outstanding changes that might not have been captured (this is an optional step)
2) make a throw-away minor change to the file (I usually draw a short line segment)
3) Go to File --> Revert (& Confirm)
The file will close and reopen without the throw-away change and it will now be the last file opened so it will now have a working properties bar.
You can always try complaining here:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Properties Bar not active on occasion

Occasionally I can open a pdf, either through Adobe or by double clicking the file, and the properties bar will be in active (visible but gray).
When this condition occurs and I attempt to modify a property the program freezes and closes with an error message.
This condition is inconsistent and may or may not occur on the same file.

Then, the problem's in your original account. While logged into the newly created admin account, backup the bad account's folder, delete the bad account, selecting the save data option, recreate the bad account using the same username/password combo, log out and back into the recreated original account. If the problem's solved, open the saved data dmg file in /Users/Deleted Users/, open the /Library/Preferences/ folder from the saved data, open the current /Users/restored account/Library/Preferences/ folder, and slowly copy plist files from the saved data folder to the current one that don't exist in it. Log out and back in to ensure there's no conflict and things still work correctly. Resolving conflicts or identifying corrupt plist files is a laborious process. Good luck.
See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4703015 for more details on this process.

Properties bar always opens when drawing a rectangle?

Everytime I use the rectangle tool, the properties bar opens on the right hand side (like this: http://prntscr.com/37tcpg) and it gets really annoying when I'm trying to draw loads of rectangles because I don't really use it and it can get in the way of the image. Is there a way to stop it opening everytime? It didn't do it in CS6 but in CC it does.

After you draw out your rectangle shape, go the flyout menu on the Properties panel and uncheck Show on Shape Creation.

Link field in Properties bar "sticks"?

I'm using Dreamweaver CS6 on Mac OS X 10.8.2. I've been trying to select some text in Design view that has a link; then copy the text of the link from the Link field in the Properties bar; then select another bit of text and paste the url into the link field. (Thus giving two bits of text the same link.)
However, the contents of the Link box seems to be "Sticking", and not relating to anything that I'm actually clicking on.
Who has gone screwy: me, or DW?
Thanks

Well even CS6 wil show you the Build number - in the About box - like this:
Anyway, glad your issue got resolved! Please do post back if you have any further questions.
Happy to help

Properties Bar won't open in AA9

Again, I'm a new AA9 user, but this is confounding. When I open a text box and type into it (and either select the text or not), the properties bar which is visible in the toolbars, won't light up so I can select font, size, etc. Nor will it light up when I select the box. When I draw a polygon, and select the object, the properties toolbar won't activate so I can edit the lines, color, fill, etc. I can get a properties box to open by right-clicking the object, but in the case of the text box, it is only the box properties that I can open, not the text properties. In AA7, the properties toolbar would always light up when I selected an object, or selected text in a text box. (FYI, I'm using Windows 7, 64-bit, Intel Core 2 Duo, T9600, 6GM RAM, Nvidia GeForce GT230M w/ 1GB DDR memory). My version of AA9 Pro is part of Adobe Creative Suite CS4.

Assumptions for this test:
1. Acrobat has been configured so that the "Text Box Tool" (part of the "Comment & Markup Toolbar") is visible on the toolbar.
(Tools --> Customize Toolbars... may need to be used to se this up)
2. The "Properties Bar" is visible (a Ctrl-E should bring it up if it is not already so)
If you had to make changes to get this configuration set, close all Acrobat windows before proceeding so that the settings will be remembered and used when new windows are open.
******BUG******
Text box TEXT PROPERTIES only accessible in most recent file opened.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open a 1st PDF
2. Open a 2nd different PDF
3. Arrange so both are visible.
4. in the 1st PDF create a text box and notice how the window for the 2nd PDF gets the TEXT BOX PROPERTIES BAR
5. notice how there is no way to change the text box properties in the first window.
Results: Text box properties can only be changed in the most recently opened window.
Expected results: Text box properties should work for all windows!
Note that no properties (color, fill, font, ...) of any object (line, rectangle, callout, ...) can be changed using the Properties Bar if the properties bar is not part of the last window opened.
The only kludgy workaround I've found is that if I need a working properties bar in a particular window I can:
1) save the file to capture any outstanding changes that might not have been captured (this is an optional step)
2) make a throw-away minor change to the file (I usually draw a short line segment)
3) Go to File --> Revert (& Confirm)
The file will close and reopen without the throw-away change and it will now be the last file opened so it will now have a working properties bar.
You can always try complaining here:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

How to lock the Properties bar to a toolbar or in some other way, make it permanently open?

How to lock the Properties bar to a toolbar or in some other way, make it permanently open?
Or can that checkbox 'keep tool selected' be made a permanent toolbar item?
I use the rubber stamp tool several times on multiple pages in certain pdfs and found that if I open the 'properties bar', I can select 'keep tool selected' and stamp away as much as I like without having to choose the stamp tool dropdown menu and select 'custom' each time I stamp. I appreciate the recent update that added a recently stamped stamps area and not having to click 'proceed' each time.

You can't lock the Properties Bar, but you also don't need to in order to make the Stamp tool remain selected.
Just right-click it in the Comment menu on the right and select "Keep Tool Selected".

Can't seem to find "brdr color" in the properties bar...

I have been going through forums and guides on how to change the color of individual cells in a table in dreamweaver cs4.
They all seem to point towards a section of the properties bar called "brdr color"... I do not seem to have this option.
Can anyone tell me how I can change the border properties (color and size) of individual cells?
NB: I have the trial right now.

1. You need to look at the 'border' property to apply colored borders to cells.
2. You would apply background-color to the <td> element - which is a table cell.
Copy and paste the following code into a new DW document to see how I've applied the CSS to a table and it's cells;
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="200" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="tablenav">
<tr>
    <td class="greencell">CELL ONE</td>
    <td class="bluecell">CELL TWO</td>
    <td class="blackcell">CELL THREE</td>
    <td class="orangecell">CELL FOUR</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
This reference may help also:
http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/css_reference.asp
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CS5 Properties Bar Edit Text gone

Just upgraded from cs3 to 5 and when I am in the body of my pages, I do not have the ability to edit text as I used to. What I mean I do not have the ability to click and highlight text and bold it, or center it, or change its colour. All of these setting were in the bottom properties. Now I am seeing much less choice in the properties bar. Is it something I have to turn on, or install? Sorry if this seems silly.

No not silly at all but what it signifies is that you're about to change the way you used to do things (like styling text). Back in the old days, you could use non-semantic and horrible code like font tags, and attributes like "align=center". Those days are over.
So some examples for you to parse through -
This will be our example HTML code:
<p class="testCSS">This is a paragraph of text</p>
Let's style this paragraph. Between our <head></head> tags we'll add the following: <style></style>
And in between <style> and </style> we'll add CSS code like this:
.testCSS{
Let's say we want that text to be centered, a bit larger than the surrounding text, and an increased line-height
.testCSS{
text-align:center; /*or left or right or justified*/
font-size: 1.4em;
line-height:1.4em;
Let's say we want that text bold. We'll add <strong></strong> tags around the text we want bolded. For italicized we use <em></em> tags around the text we want italicized.
<p class="testCSS"><strong>This</strong> is a <em>paragraph</em> of text</p>
Fundamentally you're going to need to learn Dreamweaver is not a word processor and that for best results you will need to learn HTML and CSS.
Hope this helps.

Properties Bar Partly Missing!

I'm fairly new to Dreamweaver, and just trying to get started. However, every time I load up DW, the properties bar at the bottom of the screen is incomplete. By this, I mean the grey box at the bottom of the design window that, when HTML is selected, says Format, Class, Title, ID, Link, Target. The bottom half of the ID, Link and Target text boxes are missing, most of Title and Target is missing to the right, only a small portion of each of these is visible. When CSS is selected, the same thing happens with other text boxes appropriate to that. It doesn't seem to matter what I do, if I try to make the windows bigger etc.
I'd be very grateful if someone can help, because this is very frustrating. I wanted to set a target for a page as Main Frame, but I've had no success in doing that. Thanks very much in advance!

Does this FAQ article address your issue?
CS4 Property inspector fields truncated (Windows)
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/446724
This happens on Windows systems when the system fonts are set to display at 120 dpi. At the moment, the only solution is to reset the system fonts to the default 96 dpi.

Properties bar font changed itself... How do I fix this?

I'm having trouble with my Dreamweaver. Opened the program a few days ago and the application font at the bottom properties bar is illegible. The font is also displayed like this when I open up page properties. I have tried changing the Font properties in the Preferences pane but that doesn't affect it. I'm attaching an image to show what I mean.
Anyone have this happen or know how to fix it? I tried clearing my Mac's font cache but that didn't help.
I am running Dreamweaver CS5 and Snow Leopard.
--Emily

I suggest try to change your configurations to look like this:
Let us know if this solved the problem.
Good luck.

No v9 properties toolbar access except in last document opened

Has anyone else noticed this in v9.0 or 9.1 of acrobat?
You want to change the properties of an object such as the text format in a comment/markup text box and, even though you can select the text, "No current selection" is reported where the properties would normally appear.
This seems to only happen when the document being edited is not the last one opened by acrobat. It seems to hold true for shapes and other items that could otherwise be modified using the properties toolbar. Disabling and re-enabling the toolbar does not help. Closing the document and then re-opening it does fix the problem for the one document because now the document is the last document opened, but now the prior "last document opened" no longer works in this respect, even if it had been working.

Still not fixed!
Assumptions for this test:
1. Acrobat has been configured so that the "Text Box Tool" (part of the "Comment & Markup Toolbar") is visible on the toolbar.
(Tools --> Customize Toolbars... may need to be used to se this up)
2. The "Properties Bar" is visible (a Ctrl-E should bring it up if it is not already so)
If you had to make changes to get this configuration set, close all Acrobat windows before proceeding so that the settings will be remembered and used when new windows are open.
******BUG******
Text box TEXT PROPERTIES only accessible in most recent file opened.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open a 1st PDF
2. Open a 2nd different PDF
3. Arrange so both are visible.
4. in the 1st PDF create a text box and notice how the window for the 2nd PDF gets the TEXT BOX PROPERTIES BAR
5. notice how there is no way to change the text box properties in the first window.
Results: Text box properties can only be changed in the most recently opened window.
Expected results: Text box properties should work for all windows!
Note that no properties (color, fill, font, ...) of any object (line, rectangle, callout, ...) can be changed using the Properties Bar if the properties bar is not part of the last window opened.
The only kludgy workaround I've found is that if I need a working properties bar in a particular window I can:
1) save the file to capture any outstanding changes that might not have been captured (this is an optional step)
2) make a throw-away minor change to the file (I usually draw a short line segment)
3) Go to File --> Revert (& Confirm)
The file will close and reopen without the throw-away change and it will now be the last file opened so it will now have a working properties bar.

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