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PDF files open as read only on Acrobat Reader (on Android)
I haven't had any problem editing PDF files on my Android tablet until now. I simply opened dropbox, and opened the PDF in Adobe Acrobat from dropbox.
Lately, when I open a PDF in Adobe Acrobat fro...
I was able to use an app Xodo and it seems to work just fine for me. I will use this for the time being until this bug gets worked out.
Same problem here.
I am receiving the error message on my PDF files when I try to open with Adobe "This File will be Opened as View Only" and then I cannot edit and save. Is this an Adobe update issue or Dropbox or user? Please advise asap. Thank you
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
That link says
"Any changes made to Adobe files stored in your Dropbox account will sync automatically."
It also says:
"The following are free features of the Adobe Acrobat app:
Open and view PDFs
Annotate and review PDFs
Fill and sign forms"This implies there would be nothing preventing one from saving and syncing pdf files from dropbox that have been annotated (highlighted) in acrobat.
But that is the problem I am having, I am getting the same message as the OP when opening pdf files from dropbox in acrobat, and once I open and highlight, it doesn't save the highlights in dropbox, that is, it doesn't sync; but it is saved locally (that is, when the file is opened from Acrobat, it has highlights, but not when opened from dropbox).
The reason I use dropbox is so the annotations will be synced to access from a desktop. It used to be simple to just open a pdf from dropbox in acrobat, make highlights, and it would save and sync automatically. This funcationality seems to be lacking now for some reason, and isn't explained by the link provided in response to the OP. Is there a way to get back to this simple ability to open, highlight, save and sync?
- Jay
