

Unfortunately, Adobe did add to the confusion because they had two "Add Text" items in Acrobat XI: One with the same feature as the "Add Text" in Acrobat DC (static PDF content without a background), and one that was an alias for the "Add Text Comment" tool (this one was located on the Fill&Sign pane). This will add an annotation (or comment), it will not add static PDF text as you can do with the "Add Text" tool. For both of them, you can select the background color (again, using the properties toolbar as explained before). The one on the left will not add a box around the text you type, the one on the right will have a box around the text.


Click on the "Comment" item in the right hand pane, this will bring up a new toolbar: Which version of Acrobat did you use before you moved to Acrobat DC? How did you add text back then? If you were able to configure a background, I assume it was an annotation or comment that you added. The only difference was that the tool used to be called the TouchUp Text tool. Whatever is behind that text will be used as the background for your text - this has never been different in previous releases of Acrobat. The "Add Text" tool does not have a background color associated with it, because it is not adding anything besides the text you type. The "Text Box" is on the Comments toolbar. Some people are red-color blind and can not see bright red text. I have done this (changed font color, font type, font size, etc) in text boxes without any problems in Acrobat 9.x Pro, so I know Adobe knows that has been a feature of Acrobat before. What you are using is not a "text box", it's the "Add Text" tool. There doesnt seem to be a way to change the font at all in the text boxes in Acrobat X Pro.
