Skip to main content
C
clared53587082
Participant
November 1, 2018
Question

Invisible annotations in PDF

  • November 1, 2018
  • 2 replies
  • 2378 views

I'm having the same viewing issue as in this thread from 2016: Comments invisible after latest upgrade - help?

When I open PDF files I have marked up, I can see all my changes in the comments list on the right-hand side, but the changes are invisible in the PDF itself. When I send these files to another person, they have the same issue. It only seems to happen in some files and not others, and it is not affected by zooming in/out.

I am running fully up-to-date Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2019.008.20080.

I have tried opening the same file in an older version, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2019.008.20071, and I get the same issue.

I'm on a PC with Windows 10.

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    2 replies

    Z
    Zac5DE3
    Participant
    October 19, 2020

    Same problem with you. My annotations are shown in the right column. And I can see them when I try to edit them. But they just become invisible as soon as I move my pointer away. It's so wierd. 

    However, when I paste my existing annotations on other pdfs (which are visible and normal) to a new pdf, then right click to "set the format as default", the new annotations I create later do not have this problem. 

    C
    clared53587082Author
    Participant
    November 1, 2018

    Update: The person I sent the file to said they fixed the issue by changing the view to 100%, but this doesn't work for me.

    C
    clared53587082Author
    Participant
    November 5, 2018

    Update: The mark-ups came back. I have no idea why!

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices