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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.
Highlighting is used to color specific text to make it stand out, like using a yellow marker. Drawing markup lets you add shapes, lines, or freehand drawings to a document. Highlighting is for text, while drawing markup is for visual elements or areas on the page. Both help you call attention to parts of a document during review.
It is very important to sanitize a PDF before sharing it widely to protect your privacy and prevent information leaks. Comments, markups, and other hidden data remain in a separate layer even after you think a document is 'final'. If you don't sanitize, others can recover these notes, which might contain sensitive or unfinished thoughts. Sanitizing removes all this recoverable data, ensuring only the final content is shared.
Comments and annotations are tools in Adobe Acrobat that let you add notes, highlight text, or draw on a PDF document. They are like digital sticky notes or a highlighter for your files. You use them to give feedback, ask questions, or mark important information without changing the original text of the document itself.