Sunday, 5 January 2020

Hide and reveal text in pdf via Adobe Acrobat/other software

How can I hide and reveal text in acrobat, so that as e.g. a teacher, one can



  • produce pdf on a topic

  • hide certain items of text in the pdf

  • students can then read the pdf, try to work out the answer, then click somewhere to reveal the hidden text & therefore check if they were correct


I have been searching on forums for the answer to this for ages. It seems like one solution might be to use layers & buttons. I have looked at various links to somehow do this, but I was not able to follow along. So if someone can post simple instructions for this or alternative method I would be very grateful.


Example of what I would like to do (note: I have used 'draw rectangle in pdf' to hide the text underneath & thus illustrate what I would like to do)


Link to picture of example of what I would like to do


I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro XI

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