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January 29, 2021
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Comment in shared review goes blank when clicked in

  • January 29, 2021
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I'm using Document Cloud to conduct shared reviews. When I click into a comment in the comment pane to find where in the document it applies, the entire comment will go blank, although the comment field/container remains in place. If I click on the comment icon in the document, the comment also goes blank. This is making it difficult to determine where in the document a comment applies or what the reviewer is telling me, depending on whether I'm clicking in the comment (to find where it applies) or clicking the icon (to find out what the reviewer is telling me).

 

Windows 10, Build 18363 (aka Version 1909)

Adobe Acrobat Pro, fully updated

PDF created by FrameMaker 2020, fully updated

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LinSims
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January 31, 2021

OK, I checked. It opens with no issues on my personal computer, and I have no problems clicking into comments. Sounds like it's definitely a problem with the work computer. 

 

I'll see what I can do to provide the information that @arvindy has requested.

Karl Heinz  Kremer
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January 31, 2021

In that case, try to reinstall Acrobat on the system that shows the problem. Something may have gotten corrupted. Adobe has an "Acrobat Cleaner" that will remove anything associated with Actobat, in case a simple request-install does not provide a fix: https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Labs/cleaner.html

 

LinSims
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February 1, 2021

You may have missed that I had the entire system re-imaged in an attempt to correct this issue. The re-imaging was to the baseline Dell Latitude system, and then I had to reinstall everything Adobe (along with a bunch of other stuff).

 

Prior to that, I had uninstalled and reinstalled Acrobat multiple times, including using the cleaner. In fact, Adobe technical support not only did that, they uninstalled every single Adobe program I had and deleted all of the Adobe folders (including the FrameMaker folders, despite my telling them to leave FrameMaker alone as it is heavily customized and no, I was not pleased by that) and reinstalled Creative Cloud (but not FrameMaker, which lead to even more isses, and can you tell I was not pleased by that?) without fixing the issue, which is what lead to me having my machine reimaged.

 

At this point I'm guessing it's a hardware issue and I'll probably have to talk to my boss about that. But I'll still take a dump file for tech support the next time Acrobat crashes on me. Just in case.

LinSims
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January 30, 2021

It happens pretty frequently, but I haven't been keeping stats. I can access it through the web browser but it won't let me access through Acrobat Pro on another computer, even though I'm signed in with the appropriate account. Probably because I'm trying to use my personal computer rather than the work-issued one.

 

This issue only shows up when I'm in Acrobat Pro.

 

A coworker who reviewed the file said that they kept getting kicked out and having to sign back in, and each time they had to do so under a different name. They didn't say if they were using the web browser or Acrobat to do this, though. I can ask on Monday.

 

I've had constant issues with Acrobat Pro on my work computer, even though I had the entire computer reimaged a few months ago. Acrobat Pro crashes constantly, as in 3-10 times or more per day depending on how long I've had it open. I can open Acrobat files from within Outlook (something that the reimaging actually fixed), but if I download a PDF from either Outlook or the Web, it frequently won't open from the message bar or when I double-click on it in File Explorer. If I want to open it, I have to go into Acrobat Pro and use File > Open. 

 

Sadly, I cannot share the file. The information is proprietary and I would not feel comfortable doing so, as it could lose me my job. What I can try to do is lorem ipsum it and send it to my home computer and post that to document cloud under my personal Adobe ID and not the work one and see what happens. But not tonight. 🙂

 

Adobe Employee
January 31, 2021

Hi,

Could you please provide comment blank screen recording(if possible) and crash dump if Acrobat still crashes to help us understand the problem?

When a process crashes (For example: you get this error message "Adobe Acrobat has stopped working" when Acrobat crashes) , kindly share with us the crash dump.
Steps to create the crash dump:
1. 1.When Acrobat Pro DC Crashes , open Windows Task Manager
2. Got To “Processes” tab
3. Right click on the process "Adobe Acrobat DC" and click "Create dump file"
4. Dump file will be created in the Temp folder of user (as specified on the dialog you get after creating dump files).
5. Upload this DMP file on Adobe Document Cloud or any Cloud Storage and share the link of the uploaded DMP here.

 

Regards,

Arvind

LinSims
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February 2, 2021

Reply edited to remove links. Links sent via private message.

Karl Heinz  Kremer
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January 29, 2021

Does this happen with all documents? Does it happen on other computers as well? If it does happen on other comuters, would you be able to share such a document?