How do I share a PDF for review in Acrobat?

Open your PDF in Acrobat. Click 'Share' on the top bar. Choose to create a public link or invite specific people. Acrobat will manage comments, and you can track progress in 'Shared by you'.

Prepare Review Copy in Adobe Acrobat — How-to & AI prompts

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AExecute — “help me do it”Insert the latest negotiated clauses into the working agreement copy and save the updated file…+

Insert the latest negotiated clauses into the working agreement copy and save the updated file to SharePoint: replace the prior Section 4.2–4.5 with the attached final wording, run a quick compare to confirm changes, then save to the Contracts/Negotiations folder.

when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

BImprove — “do it better”Before publishing the updated agreement, reduce reviewer confusion: highlight the replaced…+

Before publishing the updated agreement, reduce reviewer confusion: highlight the replaced clauses and show the prior text in strike-through, add a one-line summary of what changed and why, and save the revised file to Contracts/Negotiations on SharePoint with a version note so reviewers see they're looking at current text.

when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

How to do it

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Open the PDF document you want to share for review in Adobe Acrobat.
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Select the option to share the document for review by clicking the Share button in the toolbar or right-hand panel.
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Choose the method for sharing, such as selecting an option to invite people or generate a link for reviewers.
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Enter the email addresses of your reviewers, or copy and share the generated link as needed.
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Set any desired permissions or deadlines for the review process.
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Send the invitation or share the link to begin the shared review.

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Reviewers can add comments directly in the shared PDF, and you will see their feedback in real time within Acrobat.

This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.

Glossary

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Review CopyA document sent to others so they can read it and give their opinions or corrections.ExampleShe sent a review copy of the book manuscript to her editor for feedback.

ConsolidateTo combine many separate things into one single thing.ExampleWe need to consolidate all sales reports from different regions into one master spreadsheet.

Track StatusTo see who has looked at your document and added comments.

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FAQ

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Open your PDF in Acrobat.
Click 'Share' on the top bar.
Choose to create a public link or invite specific people.
Acrobat will manage comments, and you can track progress in 'Shared by you'.

The main benefit of 'Share for Review' is that it automatically puts all comments from different people into one PDF file. If you email PDFs, you get many marked-up files back, and you have to combine the comments yourself. This feature saves you a lot of time and effort.

When you use 'Share for Review', Acrobat helps you track who has responded. You will get notifications when reviewers add comments. You can also go to the 'Shared by you' section in Acrobat to see the status of your shared PDFs and check which reviewers have participated or completed their review.

You should use a public link if you want anyone with the link to be able to review your document, without needing to invite each person individually. This is useful for wider feedback or when you don't know everyone's email addresses beforehand. Sharing with named people is better when you need to control exactly who can access and comment on the PDF.

While 'Share for Review' is great for collecting comments on one version of a document, it's designed to consolidate comments into a single file for that specific shared version. If you have many different versions, you would typically share each version separately for review. The feature helps manage comments for one document at a time, ensuring all feedback for that version is in one place, rather than comparing comments across multiple, distinct document versions.

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