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Create a custom stamp
You can create custom stamps from a number of different formats, including (but not limited to) PDF, JPEG, bitmap,
Adobe® Illustrator® (AI), Adobe® Photoshop® (PSD), and Autodesk AutoCAD (DWT, DWG) files. In Reader, create
Custom stamp allows only PDF format.
Note: To add an image to a PDF one time only, simply paste the image into the document. Pasted images have the same
characteristics as other stamp comments; each includes a pop-up note and editable properties.
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Stamps > Show Stamps Palette.
2 Click Import, and select the file.
3 If the file has more than one page, scroll to the page you want, and then click OK.
4 Choose a category from the menu or type a new category name, name the custom stamp, and then click OK.
Change the name or category for a custom stamp
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Stamps > Show Stamps Palette.
2 Choose the stamp category, right-click the stamp, and choose Edit.
3 Edit the category or name of the stamp, or replace the image, and then click OK.
Delete a custom stamp
You can delete only the custom stamps that you created, not the predefined stamps. When you delete a stamp, the
stamp is removed from the Stamp tool menu, but the stamp file isn’t deleted.
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Stamps > Show Stamps Palette.
2 Choose the stamp category from the menu, right-click the custom stamp, and choose Delete.
Delete a custom stamp category
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Stamps > Custom Stamps > Manage Stamps.
2 Select the category you want to delete, and then click Delete.
Note: Deleting all stamps in a custom stamp category deletes the custom stamp category.
Add a line, arrow, or shape
Note: In Reader, drawing tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
When selecting a drawing tool, consider the effect you want.
1 Choose Comment > Drawing Markups, and select a drawing tool:
• The Rectangle tool , the Oval tool , the Arrow tool
, and the Line tool
let you create simple shapes.
• The Cloud tool
and Polygon tool create closed shapes with multiple segments. The Polygon Line tool
creates open shapes with multiple segments.
• The Pencil tool creates free-form drawings, and the Pencil Eraser tool removes the pencil markups.
To specify the line width, color, and other properties before you draw, right-click the drawing tool, choose Properties,
and set the desired options in the Properties dialog box.
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2 Draw in the PDF:
• To create a cloud or polygon shape, click to create the start point, move the pointer, and click to create each
segment. To finish drawing the shape, click the start point, or right-click and choose Complete from the menu.
Double-click to end a polygon line.
• To draw a line, arrow, or rectangle, either drag across the area where you want the markup to appear, or click twice:
once to create the start point and once to create the end point.
• To draw a square or circle, or to draw a line that’s horizontal, vertical, or at a 45° angle, press Shift while you draw.
• To draw free-form lines using the Pencil tool , drag where you want to begin drawing. You can release the mouse
button, move the pointer to a new location, and continue drawing. To erase parts of the drawing, select the Pencil
Eraser tool
and drag across the areas of the drawing that you want to remove.
3 To edit or resize the markup, select it and drag one of the handles to make your adjustments.
4 To add a pop-up note to the markup, select the Hand tool, and double-click the markup.
5 (Optional) Click the close button in the pop-up note. A note icon appears to the right of the markup to indicate the
presence of text in the pop-up note.
Note: To delete a drawing markup, select it and press Delete.
Group and ungroup markups
You can group two or more markups so that your comments function as a single comment. You might group markups
temporarily to move them to a new location or to modify their properties rather than editing each one individually.
Grouping also helps to distinguish your markups from other reviewers’ markups in a document review.
Note: You cannot group text edit markups.
Group markups
1 Using the Select tool or the Hand tool, select a markup.
2 Ctrl-click/Command-click to select the markups you want to group.
3 Right-click within the selection, and choose Group.
Ungroup markups
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Right-click the grouped selection, and choose Ungroup.
Add comments in a text box or callout
Note: In Reader, commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
You can use the Text Box tool to create a box that contains text. You can position it anywhere on the page and
adjust it to any size. A text box remains visible on the document page; it doesn’t close like a pop-up note.
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Another way to add a text box is simply to paste copied text into the PDF. Text font and size are based on the system
default settings.
Note: You can add comments to Japanese, Chinese, and Korean text with the Text Box tool, but you must have the Asian-
language resource files installed. Text boxes allow for horizontal text only.
You can use the Callout tool to create a callout text box. Callout text boxes are especially useful when you want to
single out—but not obscure—a particular area of a document. Callout text boxes have three parts: a text box, a knee
line, and an end-point line. You can resize each part by dragging a handle. The knee line can be resized in one direction
only; horizontal knee lines can be resized horizontally only; vertical knee lines can be resized vertically only. The text
box expands vertically as you type so that all text remains visible.
You can move the text box itself or together with the end-point line. The text box moves around a stationary anchor
point—the arrow on the end-point line—which is created when you first click in the PDF. You can modify the color
and appearance of the text box and add arrows or leaders to the end-point line.
Add a text box
1 Choose Comment > Drawing Markups > Add Text Box
.
2 Click in the PDF.
3 Choose View > Show/Hide > Toolbar Items > Properties Bar, and set the color, alignment, and font attributes for
the text.
4 Type the text.
Text wraps automatically when it reaches the right edge of the box.
5 (Optional) To make further changes to the text box:
• Using the Select tool or the Text Box tool, click an edge of the text box to select it, and then drag a corner to resize
it. Use the Properties toolbar to change the border and fill options.
• Double-click the text box to edit the text or change the text attributes. Drag across text to select it, and then select
options from the Properties toolbar.
6 To delete the text box, select it, and then press Delete.
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You can also paste a block of text by selecting and copying the text in any application, selecting the Hand tool in
Acrobat, and choosing Edit > Paste.
Add a callout
1 Choose Comment >Drawing Markups > Callout tool
.
2 Click once to set the location of the end point, and click again to set the location of the text box.
3 Choose View > Show/Hide > Toolbar Items > Properties Bar, and select the color, alignment, and font attributes
for the text.
4 Type the text.
Text wraps automatically when it reaches the right edge of the box.
5 (Optional) To make further changes to the text box:
• To resize the callout, select it and drag any of the handles that appear.
• To move the text box, click inside the box and drag it.
• To move the entire callout, click either the end-point line or an edge of the text box, and drag it.
• To change the color, opacity, or line characteristics, use the Select tool to right-click the callout, choose Properties,
and select the options you want.
Add an audio comment
Note: In Reader, commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
You can use the Record Audio Comment tool to add a prerecorded WAV or AIFF file as a comment or to record and
place an audio comment in a document. Audio attachments appear in the Comments list and can be played back on
any platform. However, the appropriate hardware and software for playing audio files must be installed.
More Help topics
“Change the look of your comments” on page 153
“Add multimedia to PDFs” on page 363
Add a prerecorded audio comment
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Record Audio
and then click in the PDF where you want to place the audio
comment.
2 Click Browse (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS), and select the audio file you want to add.
3 (Optional) To hear the audio comment, click the Play button
. When you’re finished, click Stop and then click OK.
4 Specify options in the Properties dialog box, and then click OK.
Record an audio comment
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Record Audio
and then click in the PDF where you want to place the audio
comment.
2 In the dialog box that appears, click the Record button
and then speak into the microphone. When you’ve
finished recording, click the Stop button , and then click OK.
3 Specify options in the Properties dialog box, and then click OK.
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Add comments in a file attachment
Note: In Reader, commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
Use the Attach File tool to embed a file at a selected location in a PDF, so that the reader can open it for viewing. By
adding attachments as a comment, you can reference longer documents that can’t easily be pasted into a pop-up note
or text box. If you move the PDF to a new location, the embedded file automatically goes with it. To view an
attachment, the reader must have an application installed that can open the attachment.
Important: Be sure to use the Attach tool in the Annotations panel when attaching files for a document review.
Document-level file attachments that you attach using the paper clip icon (Attach A File tool) from the Tools > Content
panel aren’t tracked with other comments in a review workflow and may cause your attached comments to be lost.
1 Choose Comment > Annotations > Attach File
.
2 Click in the PDF where you want to place the attachment.
3 Select the file that you want to attach, and then click Select. If you’re attaching a PDF, you can highlight areas of
interest in the file using comments.
4 In the File Attachment Properties dialog box, select the settings for the file icon that appears in the PDF.
The comment attachment also appears in the Attachments tab with a page number indicating its location.
Note: To delete the attachment, right-click the attached comment icon, and choose Delete.
Paste images as comments
Note: In Reader, commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
You can use the Paste Clipboard Image As Stamp tool to add images to a PDF. You can copy most image formats from
drawing and image-editing applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. If you want to add the image
to PDFs repeatedly, create a custom stamp of the image.
Note: The Paste Clipboard Image As Stamp tool isn’t available until you copy an image.
1 Copy an image by doing one of the following:
• In Acrobat, choose Edit > Take a Snapshot
, and select an image from a PDF.
• In another application, select an image and choose Edit > Copy.
2 Open a PDF.
3 Choose Comment > Annotations > Stamps > Paste Clipboard Image As Stamp Tool.
4 Click in the PDF where you want the image to appear.
5 Do any of the following:
• To move the image, drag it.
• To resize the image, select it and then drag one of its handles. Press the Shift key when resizing the image to
maintain the original proportions.
• To change the image properties, right-click it and choose Properties.
• To delete the image, right-click it and choose Delete.
More Help topics
“Copy images” on page 133
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Managing comments
View comments
The Comments list displays all the comments in a PDF, and it provides a toolbar with common options, such as
sorting, filtering, and other Options to work with comments.
The Comment task pane contains the Comments list.
Open the Comments list
1 Choose Comment > Comments List.
2 Using the Options menu
at the top of the Comments list, do any of the following:
• Expand or collapse the comments. Click Expand All or Collapse All in the Comments List options menu. To expand
or collapse individual comments, click the plus and minus signs next to the comment.
• Import and Export comments
• Create or Print Comment Summary
• Export to Word or AutoCAD
• Specify Commenting Preferences.
Sort comments
You can sort comments in the Comments list by author, page, type, date, checked state, or status by person. In a thread
of replies, only the first message is sorted, and the reply messages are sorted in the same category as the first message
in the thread.
1 Choose Comment > Comments List.
2 Choose an option from the Sort By menu
in the Comments list.
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