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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 notes you add, like sticky notes or text boxes, often with words. Drawing markup includes visual marks like circles, lines, or underlines that you draw directly on the document. Both help you point things out, but comments usually involve text, while drawing markup is more about shapes and lines. You can use both together to give clear feedback on a document.
Comments and markup are saved as a separate layer on top of your document. If you just save the file, this layer stays there. People often forget to remove this hidden data before sharing. To truly remove all review notes and make sure they don't leak, you must use the 'Protect > Sanitize' feature in Acrobat. This cleans the document of all extra data.
Comments and annotations are tools in Acrobat that let you add notes, marks, and drawings to a PDF. They matter for document review because they allow you to give feedback directly on the document without changing the original text. This makes it easy to point out mistakes, ask questions, or suggest changes, helping teams work together more effectively to improve documents.