Adobe acrobat reader 7.0 User Manual

Selecting tools to add comments

If commenting is enabled, one or more toolbars appear over the document pane when you
open the PDF document. The tool you want may appear on the toolbar or may be available
by expanding a pop-up menu on the toolbar. After you make an initial comment, the tool
changes to the Hand tool so that you can move, resize or edit your comment. (The
exceptions are the Pencil, Highlighting, and Line tools, which stay selected.) To add
multiple comments without reselecting the tool, change the tool properties to keep the tool
selected.

To select a tool to add a comment:

1. If the Commenting toolbar is hidden, do one of the following:

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Click the Comment & Markup button. The button is unavailable when the Commenting
toolbar is open.

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Choose View > Toolbars > Commenting.

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Choose Tools > Commenting > Show Commenting Toolbar.

2. In the Commenting toolbar, click the tool or choose a tool from the tool's pop-up menu.

Note: If the menu selection has a checkmark beside it, or if the menu option is Hide
Commenting Toolbar, the toolbar is already open.

To keep a commenting tool selected for repeated use:

1. Select the tool you want to use. (Don't use it yet to add a comment.)
2. Choose View > Toolbars > Properties Bar. (The Properties toolbar name changes with

each tool selection.)

3. In the Properties toolbar, select Keep Tool Selected.

To select a tool to add a markup:

1. If the Drawing Markups toolbar is hidden, do one of the following:

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Choose Show Drawing Markups Toolbar from the Comment & Markup pop-up menu.

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Choose View > Toolbars > Drawing Markups.

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Choose Tools > Drawing Markups > Show Drawing Markups Toolbar.

2. Click the tool on the Drawing Markups toolbar or choose a tool from the tool's pop-up

menu.