Adobe acrobat reader 7.0 User Manual

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Using the Comments List
The Comments List lists the comments in an Adobe PDF document. You can use the 
Comments List to delete comments, change their status, or reply to them. You can sort 
comments in many ways, including by date, author, or page number. Each comment 
displays its associated text next to the comment icon. 
To use the Comments List:
1.  Click the Comments tab in the navigation pane, or choose View > Show Comments List.
2.  Using the options at the top of the Comments List, do any of the following:
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Expand or collapse the comments. Click Expand All or Collapse All on the Comments 
List toolbar. To expand or collapse individual comments, click the plus and minus signs 
next to the comment.
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Browse through the comments. Click a comment in the list, or click the Next button 
 or 
the Previous button 
 to go to the next or previous comment. (These buttons are 
unavailable if no comment is selected.) The page on which the selected comment is 
located appears in the document pane, and the selected comment scrolls into view. To go 
to the page where another comment is located, simply click the comment in the list.
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Reply to a comment. Make sure that it's selected, click the Reply button, and then type the 
message in the box. Reply messages are indented in the Comments List. (See 
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Delete a comment. Click it in the Comments List, and then click the Trash icon 
 on the 
Comments List toolbar. You can also select and delete multiple comments. 
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Change the comment's status, or mark comments with a check mark. You can change the 
status of comments to Accepted, Rejected, Cancelled, or Completed.
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Sort the list of comments. You can sort comments in the Comments List by author, page, 
type, date, color, checked state, or status by author. 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.
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Search for a comment. Search by whole words or case-sensitive words.