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stevem97585722
stevem97585722
Participant
Nov 11, 2024 11:55 AM UTC
Question

Superscript changes to subscript in comments

The issue is: When I set text style in a comment to superscript, Adobe displays it as subscript in the comments column.

So 5superscript2 would save as 5subscript2. When I open the comment, it displays correctly on screen (5superscript2), but when saved it shows as 5subscript2 in the comments column.

[Unsurprisingly I cannot format superscripts/subscripts or in this post either, so had to use text to describe them!] 

 

Is this a widespread problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader 2024.004.20243?

Will Adobe ever fix it?

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    powerful_Twinkle5E4C
    Participant
    Oct 9, 2026 2:29 PM UTC

    October 2026 - the issue is still not fixed. Acrobat version:

    Architecture: arm64

    Processor: Apple M4

    Build: 26.2.22008.0

    AGM: 8.0.5

    CoolType: 11.0.0

    JP2K: 5.0.0.59580

    Set the characters to superscript using either keybind or context menu:

    Post the comment:

    Mouse-away → mouse-over → superscipt changes to subscript:

    Voila.

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    Phillip R2686523487b2
    Participating Frequently
    Sep 3, 2025 6:45 PM UTC

    I have the same problem with my Acrobat Reader. It is very irritating. And particularly irritating because it's been a reported error for, apparently, 9 years. Comeon Adobe! you can do better than that. 

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    chris_9151
    Participant
    Nov 14, 2024 10:18 PM UTC

    I've had this problem for years; apparently it's been reported at least as far back as 2016 (https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-sdk-discussions/anyone-finding-that-superscript-formatting-in-comments-and-edits-change-to-subscript/td-p/8319728). Adobe has yet to fix it.

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      stevem97585722
      stevem97585722Author
      Participant
      Nov 14, 2024 11:02 PM UTC

      Wow! Thanks for that Chris, what a poor show. Although it seems that the problem is not universal.

      I only started seeing the problem recently - in the last month or so.

      If Adobe see this, they can ask for a sample which I can provide.

      Although I don't know if that would help - an Adobe employee that was provided samples posted that they were working on it and it would be fixed soon: that was June 2016!! Here's the post from Adobe:

      "Apologies for Inconvenience caused.

      We are able to reproduce the Issue in "Replace Text".

      We are working on the Issue and provide fix soon.

      Thanks and regards

      Aduait Pokhriyal"

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