Saving a PDF including comments after comparing files in Acrobat DC

[philippeg6226457]

I used the "Compare files" feature and created a report.

Changes appear in the "New file" display as comments (displaying as tooltips on rollover).

Printing with comment summary includes the changes in the right margin.

I want to do the same, but creating a new PDF instead of printing the new file and comments (changes) in margin.

Generating a PDF is not available in the Print context.

"Save as" does not include such an option.

How do I create a PDF including the comments (changes) text?

[philippeg6226457]

Is anyone monitoring this forum?

[try67]

Yes, people are watching this forum, but it's a user-to-user forum, so sometimes posts fall between the cracks and no one replies to them...

Anyway, the result of the Compare Documents command is a plain PDF file, which you can save just like any other file. Just go to File - Save As and select where you want to save it, after it has been created.

[philippeg6226457]

Thank you for your reply.

However I was probably unclear in my request. I'll try to be more specific.

Yes the compare result is a PDF. Changes are displayed as comments/highlights.

When I print this PDF with "Summarize comments" option, another page is created on the right of each page with the comments/changes. So we have two sections for each page – left is the new file, right contains the comments/changes.

What I would like is a PDF showing exactly this printout.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

So do you want to compare two documents, or do you want to create a comments summary?

If the latter then you can do it from the Comment panel and it will generate a new PDF file, which you could then save.

Click the Options button under Comments List and you'll see it there.

[philippeg6226457]

I want both: compare two documents, then create a comment summary.

This did the trick, thank you very much for your help.

[MightyMouse58]

Hi,

I've noticed your post because this is exactly what I want also. Could you please explain, step by step, what you did because I don't seem to be able to replicate what you're doing. When I do a Compare Files I get the summary  and then the side-by-side view of both files but the right hand window pane shows Changes not Comments - how do you get there?

Advice really appreciated. I'm using Acrobat Pro DC on Windows 10.

Thanks

[philippeg6226457]

Not sure about Windows Acrobat but here's the sequence on Mac.

1. Open the Comment panel:

2. Panel appears on the right (may take a moment depending on document size):

3. Drop down the Ellipsis menu on the right to Create Comment Summary:

4. Here comes the magic dialog box, set desired options:

5. Here you go.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Phil

[MightyMouse58]

G'day Phil,

thanks for that, helped a lot, particularly your screen shots. It also showed me what I might have been doing wrong - working on too big a file. Your screen shot shows you're working on a small file of a few pages - I was trying to work on a file of 500+ pages. I think the processing was grinding my computer almost to a halt.

Anyway, all sorted. Once again, thanks for your help.

Ever thought of writing Help for Adobe? You'd do a better job than they do from my experience. 🙂

Cheers

Carl

[philippeg6226457]

Thanks Carl.

As a software publisher (and music method author) writing manuals is part of my daily routine.

And yes I'm open to any request from Adobe 🙂

Cheers

Phil