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Adding Comments
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Adding Comments
The Acrobat comment tools provide a variety of methods for marking up text and
attaching notes and commentaries to PDF documents. These annotations can be in text,
graphic, or audio format; you can even attach external files if you like. Comments and
markups can be imported and exported from a PDF document.
About comments
There are three types of comment and markup tools available on the toolbar—comment,
graphic markup, and text markup. Each has a hidden tool menu.
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The comment tools—notes tool, free text tool, sound attachment tool, stamp tool, and
file attachment tool—allow you to attach comments to a PDF document in a variety of
formats. Each tool provides a unique method for conveying comment information. For
information on how to use these tools, see
“Using the comment tools” on page 129
.
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The graphic markup tools—pencil tool, square tool, circle tool, and line tool—allow you
to visually mark an area of a PDF document with a graphic symbol and associate a note
with the markup for additional comments. For information on how to use these tools,
see
“Marking up documents with text markup tools” on page 137
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The text markup tools—highlight tool, strikeout tool, and underline tool—allow you to
visually mark up text on a PDF document page and associate a text note with the
markup for further comments. For information on how to use these tools, see
“Marking
up documents” on page 135
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You can change properties of the current comment with the comment’s Properties dialog
box; this will also change these properties for all subsequent comments. You can change
other comment properties in the Preferences dialog box.
Using the Comments palette
The Comments palette lists the comments in a document and sorts them by type, author,
page number, or creation date. The comment list initially groups comments by page
number.
Each comment displays its associated text next to the comment icon. The text is also
displayed in a pop-up text box when the cursor is held over the comment icon. If there is
no comment for graphic markup and text markup comments, then the underlying text
(text beneath the comment) is displayed. File comments display the filename of the
attached file, or the text entered in the Description text box of the File Comments
Properties dialog box.
To show or hide the Comments palette:
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Click the Show/Hide Navigation Pane button
to display the navigation pane, and
then click the Comments tab to bring the palette to the front.