Operation Manual

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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD
Collaboration
Last updated 10/11/2011
Delete comments
You cannot delete other reviewers’ comments in a shared review, nor can you delete locked comments.
To delete all of the comments in a PDF, choose Tools > Protection > Remove Hidden Information. Then remove
comments using the dialog box. This feature is not available in Reader.
More Help topics
“Find and remove hidden content” on page 220
Delete a comment
❖ Do one of the following:
• Select the comment and press Delete.
• In the Comments list, select the comments you want to delete, choose Delete from the options menu.
Note: Before pressing the Delete key, make sure that the comment is selected.
Unlock a comment
1 Right-click the comment and choose Properties.
2 Deselect Locked.
Spell-check all text in comments
You can spell-check the text you add in note comments and form fields. However, you cannot spell-check the text in
the underlying PDF.
1 Choose Edit > Check Spelling > In Comments, Fields, & Editable Text. If the PDF is open in a browser, make sure
that the Edit toolbar is open, and click the Spell Check button
.
2 Click Start.
3 To change a word, do one of the following:
• Edit the selected word. To undo your change, click Undo Edit. To accept your change, click Change.
• Double-click a suggested correction.
• Select a suggested correction and then click Change. Click Change All to replace every instance of the unrecognized
word with the suggested correction.
Importing and exporting comments
Import Comments
Note: In Reader, commenting features are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review
workflow typically include commenting rights.
Comments can be imported from a PDF document. You can also import comments from a Forms Data Format (FDF)
file or an XFDF file, which is an XML-based FDF file. You cannot open and view FDF files or XFDF files on their own.
1 In the document that you want to receive comments, from the Options menu in the Comments List choose
Import Data file.