comment field in a selected text

[Nikolaos.]

Hello everyone,
Beginners seek help 🙂
In the case of selected text, add a comment field so that it only opens with the mouse on the text that is the comment, otherwise you should not be able to see anything,

is this possible with Acrobat Pro DC? ... and if so, how?

[AkanchhaS]

Hey there,

If I get this description correctly, you mean to say that view comment only when hovered over it using mouse. Else, it shouldn't be visible? Is that the request or something else?

Navigate to Acrobat>Edit>Preferences>Commenting>Pop-up Open Behavior> select "Automatically open comment pop-ups for comments other than notes ">OK>Reboot Acrobat 

Let us know if this isn't that you were looking for.

Thanks,

Akanchha 

[Nikolaos.]

Hi Akanchha,

thx for your response and answer.

I know this possibility. I probably mispronounced myself as a beginner.

Would like to insert comments in certain text without the small text box appearing over the text.

Nothing should appear or show that there is a comment.

I can do this in Excel with VBA, but I don't know how and whether it can be done with javascript.

That was my real question, which I probably hadn't formulated in detail.

Any help in this direction is welcome.

Thanks again for your comment and help.

Nikolaos

[AkanchhaS]

Hey Nikolaos,

Thanks for clarifying it. Sadly, I don't have an expertise in JavaScript. Not sure if comment icon can be disappeared, so that comment note will only appear when hovering over it. Acrobat's Commenting preferences doesn't have such setting that we can disable or enable.

may be our community expert try67 can suggest something? 

Thanks,

Akanchha 

[Nikolaos.]

Hi Akanchha,

Thx for your response and effort.

[JR Boulay]

You must not use Comments, you must use a form field that display on mouse rollover

[Nikolaos.]

Hi JR_Boulay,

thank you too for your response.

How can this be done with a text box?

With my Adobe Pro DC 2015  see not any possibility in the settings.

Is it possible from there with javascript?

...if yes then how?

Thx

Nikolaos

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

You need 2 form fields: one for displaying the text and one (invisible) that detect the rollover over the keyword.
You don't need JavaScript, Acrobat's embedded actions are enough for this.