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CliffW18997715
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November 18, 2024
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Comment text size small in pane vs large in edit mode

  • November 18, 2024
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I am trying to make the comment text larger in the comment pane in Acrobat since I find the default size too small. I found this in both an existing document and a new document I made to test this.

Samplesteps:

  1. create a new PDF from Word (or open an existing PDF file)
  2. open in Acrobat pro (I'm on Macbook pro -- Sonoma 14.6.1)
  3. Acrobat > preferences > Commenting: set font size 18, font Arial, OK (note: the option says "restart required" so ...)
  4. restart Acrobat, reopen file
  5. open comment pane
  6. select some text in the file > click the comment icon on the pop-up menu
  7. start typing the text in the comment pane --> RESULT: text looks nice and big!
  8. Post the comment

RESULT: the text is back to the automatic tiny text

***Is there some setting I'm not adjusting to set the "committed/posted" comment default text size?

 

 

    Correct answer esh_3799

    Forgot to add to the reply I just posted: This happens with all comments on all files. 


    Hi @Lorel 5C88 , @LoriPax 

    I see that you are using older Acrobat view. This issue is fixed with modern Acrobat view. You can switch to the modern Acrobat view by going to View->Enable new Acrobat and then cicking on Restart button.
    Please refer the screenshots attached.
    After switching to modern viewer, please try the workflow again.

    Thanks.

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    Oliver_Samuel2889
    New Participant
    October 13, 2025

    This issue with comment text size in Adobe Acrobat is surprisingly common. Even after adjusting the font settings under Preferences > Commenting, Acrobat often reverts to the default small size once comments are posted. Unfortunately, there’s no permanent fix yet — the program doesn’t retain larger font settings for committed comments. A workaround is to manually resize text after posting or use the sticky note tool instead. After all that tweaking, take a break 

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      Lorel 5C88
      Participating Frequently
      October 17, 2025

      It's been nearly A YEAR since I wrote complaining of this issue and it still hasn't been resolved. I updated today and the problem persists. I don't understand why a feature that once worked perfectly was downgraded to not working at all. Terribly frustrating!

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      Adobe Employee
      Prashant.
      Adobe Employee
      October 24, 2025

      Hi @Lorel 5C88 ,
      Could you please let us know if this issue persist with all the files which has comments or some specific set of files and if possible, could you please share a sample file with us where you're seeing this issue.

      Thanks.

      andyw20084219
      andyw20084219
      New Participant
      November 21, 2024

      i'm having this same issue and cannot figure out how to make that text any larger. why must it be so hard to figure out?!

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        Adobe Employee
        Rohit AnandT3
        Adobe Employee
        November 26, 2024

        Sorry for the inconvenience, the concerned team is investigating this issue, will updated once this is fixed.

         

        Regards,

        Rohit A

          andyw20084219
          andyw20084219
          New Participant
          November 27, 2024

          thank you! that would be great! lately i've noticed that the size of the UI font in Acrobat has become so small. There is no obvious or easy way to increase the font size. A fix for that would be greatly appreciated. 

          here's an example......

           

          S_S
          Community Manager
          S_SCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          November 18, 2024

          Hi @cliffw10481663,

           

          Hope you are doing well. Thanks for writing in!

           

          The setting you are referring to here is the UI and not the comments.

          You can try playing around with the preferences at Page Display-> Resolution.

           

          Or, you can try going to your System Preferences-> Display-> change the resolution of your device and select the radio button "System Resolution" in Acrobat's Preferences-> Page Display.

           

          Hope this helps.


          -Souvik

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          CliffW18997715Author
          New Participant
          November 18, 2024

          Thanks for the reply. When I adjust the Page Display settings, it seems to affect the page, and text on the page, but not the size of text on the Comment pane.

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          Adobe Employee
          Rohit AnandT3
          Adobe Employee
          November 18, 2024

          Hi @CliffW18997715 

          You can try changing the display size of app to large from Acrobat Menu(top left) -> View-> Display Size-> Large.

          Let me know if this helps. 

           

          Thanks,

          Rohit A

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