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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.
Comments are usually text-based notes like sticky notes or text boxes, explaining something specific. Markups are visual changes to the text or page, such as highlighting, underlining, strikethrough, or drawing shapes. Both serve to give feedback or draw attention to parts of a document, but they do it in different ways. Comments add new information, while markups alter the appearance of existing content.
Yes, if you share a PDF that has comments and markups, the recipient will see them. Comments are saved as a separate layer on top of your document. This means they are recoverable data. To prevent private notes from being seen, you must 'sanitize' the document before sharing. Go to 'Protect > Sanitize' in Acrobat to remove all comments and hidden information. This ensures your document is clean before you send it out.
You should flatten or sanitize your PDF comments to protect your privacy and ensure your document looks final. Comments and markups are separate layers of data. If you don't remove them, others can still see your review notes, even if they're hidden. Sanitizing removes all these extra layers, making the comments unrecoverable. This prevents sensitive information from accidentally being shared when you send a 'final' document.