View results as comments

You can embed preflight results as comments in the PDF and then view them as you would any PDF comments. For example, you can click Comments in the navigation pane to list each comment (or filtered comment) in a list.

Insert and view preflight comments

  1. In the Preflight dialog box, click Comments, or choose Insert Preflight Results As Comments from the Options menu.

    Each problem object is highlighted using the border style specified in Preflight preferences.

    You can change the type of line, its thickness, and color on the Highlighting tab of Preflight preferences.
  2. If prompted, click Embed if you want to embed comments, regardless of how many exist.
  3. In the PDF, hold the pointer over a comment to view its contents.
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    Sample PDF report with a sticky note


Remove preflight comments

 In the Preflight dialog box, choose Remove Preflight Comments from the Options menu.
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