Aug 29, 2022
If you are copy / pasting an image in Adobe Acrobat and it pastes with a black background when it should have been something else, please try the following:
- In Adobe Acrobat, click Edit on the toolbar on the top of the screen and select Preferences
- In Preferences, select Security (Enhanced) from the Categories list
- Find Enable Protected Mode at startup (Preview) and uncheck it (if it isn't). A confirmation message will appear asking if your sure. Select Yes.
- Find Protected View and set it to Off (if it isn't already)
- Find Enable Enhanced Security and uncheck it (if it isn't).
- Click OK on the bottom-right of the Preferences screen
- Close Adobe then re-open it.
- Try to copy and paste into your PDF.

