Shop drawing revisions are the biggest cause of on-site changes that cost time and money. Across the last ten revision…
Open your PDF file in Adobe Acrobat.
Click the Comment button in the toolbar to display the commenting tools.
Select the annotation tool you want to use, such as Note, Highlight, Text Box, or Draw.
Click on the PDF page where you want to add your comment or annotation.
Type your comment or draw your annotation as needed.
Click away from the annotation or press Escape to save your comment or annotation.
You can use multiple annotation types in one session, such as highlighting text and adding sticky notes for detailed feedback.
This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.
Highlighting tools, like highlight, underline, or strikethrough, are used to mark existing text directly. Drawing markup tools, however, let you add shapes, lines, or arrows on the document, which is useful for non-text areas like images or diagrams in a shop drawing. Both help you point out specific areas for review, but highlighting is for text, and drawing markup is for visuals.
Sanitizing a PDF is important to protect your privacy and prevent information leaks. Comments and markups are often sensitive review notes. If you don't sanitize, these notes remain in the file and can be seen by anyone who receives it. Sanitizing removes these hidden layers, ensuring only the final content is shared.
If you want to add a comment that points to a specific part of an image, you should use the 'Callout' tool. This tool lets you draw an arrow or line from your text comment directly to the area of the image you are talking about, making your feedback very clear.
Reaction emojis are small graphic symbols you can add to comments in shared reviews. They help you quickly show your feelings or agreement with a comment without typing more text. For example, a 'thumbs up' emoji can show you approve of a suggested change. This makes reviewing faster and clearer, especially in team settings.