Creating academic notes from ONLY the pdf comments

Question

I am trying to export the comments and highlights from pdf books I am using for academic study. I want to only export the comments and highlights as text into a MS word file (or something I can easily and quickly reference) with the page number, and the highlighted text or the comment. i intend to use these notes when writing as references for citations.

i am using the latest CC acrobat and to this point i have not found an acceptable solution.

Thanks in advance,

try67 · Answer

There's an option to create a comments summary from the Print dialog:

However, the output is not really efficient, as the comments from each page will start on a new page, and the structure of the report can't be customized. To do that you would need to use a script to generate it, like this (paid-for) tool I've developed: http://try67.blogspot.com/2008/11/acrobat-create-comments-summary-txt-pdf.html

I'm also open to creating customized version of it, if you need specific details (or don't need them). You can contact me privately to discuss it further.

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