Adobe Reader 8

Change the look of your comments

Commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow typically include commenting rights.

You can change the color and appearance of comments or markups before or after you create them. You can set the new look as the default appearance for that tool.

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Properties toolbar

A.
With note icon selected

B.
With pop-up text selected

Change a comment’s look and set it as the default

  1. After you create a comment, do one of the following:

    • Choose Properties from the Options menu of the pop-up note.

    • Right-click/Control-click the markup, and then choose Properties.

  2. In the Properties dialog box, do any of the following, and then click Close:

    • Click the Appearance tab to change such options as the color and type of icon used. The type of comment selected determines which options are available.

    • Click the General tab to change the author’s name and subject of the comment.

    • Click the Review History tab to see the history of changes people have made to the status of a comment during a review.

    • Select Locked at the bottom of the Properties dialog box to prevent the comment from being edited or deleted.

    • Select Make Current Properties Default at the bottom of the Properties dialog box to apply these properties to all subsequent comments of this type that you make.

Set the default look for a tool

  1. In the Comment & Markup toolbar, right-click/Control-click the tool you want to use, and choose Tool Default Properties.
    Note: If the tool you want doesn’t appear in the Comment & Markup toolbar, right-click/Control-click the toolbar, and select the tool.
  2. Set the properties as desired, and click OK.

    All comments you create using this tool will display the properties you set. Existing comments aren’t affected, nor is the appearance of text in pop-up notes.