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AndreaDFresco
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October 2, 2018
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Where has the check box gone?!

  • October 2, 2018
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I have just updated to Acrobat Pro CC 2009.008.20071 and now when I bring up a list of comments on a PDF design file there is no longer a check box to tick off changes as I go. I used to filter by unchecked comments to keep track of what fixes had been actioned. The check box is no longer there.

There are more approval options (completed/apprvoed/add check box etc) in the hamburger dropdown but that is surely not the process for checking off each edit?!

I have identified a temporary (but less good) workaround - (shift + k) which ticks the corner of the box but it doesn't then take you to the next comment as occurred previously, meaning that you need to click on the next one. This actually slows down workflow significantly in a graphic design setting where changes are actioned at speed and timed/. I have read in other forums that some designers used to press the space bar to tick and move to the next change to be even faster. @

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    mattmX
    Participant
    October 11, 2018

    I was initially miffed by the hiding of ticks but after trying & familiarizing, it actually aids being able to look down a large range of comments to see which ones are checked & which comments you are yet to attend to. Once clicked, they show up better + I didn't notice too much of a difference in time with a right-click+click, maybe adds 5% more time to my workflow... no biggie for me, I'm actually liking it.

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    alžbětah34272016
    Participant
    October 11, 2018

    To see which ones are checked, there was (and actualy is) a filter to view only unchecked comments...

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    helmet_id
    Participant
    October 11, 2018

    +1 for bringing back the checkbox. The filter is not working for me anymore either, it just sorts the list by "checked" and "unchecked" and does not update dynamically when new comments are checked. This is a bummer as I often have to go through literally hundreds of comments in one document.

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      grimeshs
      Participant
      October 10, 2018

      +1 to bring the check mark back - our whole office uses this to manage revisions and has messed up our workflow

        lauras84707231
        lauras84707231
        Participant
        October 10, 2018

        I have never, ever, commented in an online forum before, but I completely concur! Please bring back checkboxes. It is extremely important to my workflow.

          Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
          Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
          Legend
          October 10, 2018

          HATE the new comments redesign.

          1. Bring back the check boxes. Need to be able to scan down the entire list and see which comments are checked/unchecked.
          2. The comments are too big and clunky. See the post before this one.
          3. Can't resize the comment panel. On 2 of my laptops, it takes up too much screen real estate and is in the way. It's so huge, it makes Acrobat unusable on those machines.
          4. The whole interface requires too many clicks to be functional. Expansion arrows, 3-dot menus...for WHAT PURPOSE?
          5. It's taking me twice as long to process my clients' comments and make the changes in the source document. This is NOT an improvement. NIGHTMARE.
          6. Can't find anything of value in the redesign of the Comments panel. NOTHING.

          To the poster who asked

          "Do the people who decide on these changes actually use your products?"

          No, doesn't appear so. At least they don't use comments in a publishing or normal office-document environment where we go through round after round of passing around PDFs for comments and review.

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            amyjahnke
            Participant
            October 10, 2018

            Everyone on this thread; please vote for this official request to Adobe here: Bring back checkboxes by default. Seriously. – Share your feedback on Acrobat DC

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              alžbětah34272016
              Participant
              October 10, 2018

              I want checkboxes back...
              And the "New" size of comments also make me crazy...

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                DerFremde
                Inspiring
                October 10, 2018

                This is madness. Bring back the check box. Removing it for a list menu that needs more clicks and more mouse movement isn't "modern".

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                  shelly-page
                  Participant
                  October 10, 2018

                  "modernize the commenting experience"??? This doubles the work. Please have people that actually work in your programs provide feedback on your proposed changes to the work environment before you make changes that effect people's efficiency in their work. Please bring the checkmark box back where it was. Try working on things that make our jobs easier instead of making them more frustrating and time consuming!

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                    TeePee79
                    Participant
                    October 10, 2018

                    Please "unmodernize" it as soon as possible.

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                      antisocialmedia
                      Participant
                      October 10, 2018

                      Yes adobe we actually use the comment box and would like it back.

                      "intuitive to use" well you have failed at that.

                      "modernize the commenting experience" is it modern to make things more difficult? once again you have failed there. Perhaps you meant to say "microsoftise the commenting experience" ?

                      Do the people who decide on these changes actually use your products?

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