Editing existing comments in a PDF

[PWilk]

I'm using Acrobat XI Pro.

I have a non-secured drawing with a number of comments on it.  I would like to change the color of certain comments to make them easier to see.  However, when I open the comment pane I notice each comment has a little lock on it.  When I open the preferences for that comment, the "locked" feature is unchecked, yet everything is greyed out so I cannot make any changes.

Is there a way to actually unlock these comments for editing?

Thanks!

[Document Geek]

Any chance you can export your comments as an FDF file and post that? I'd like to take a look at it. Or can you share the actual PDF?

[PWilk]

This document doesn't seem to allow me to export the comments as an FDF...all it seems to do is duplicate the entire PDF with the FDF ammendment.

While the document is not secure, it is a construction document so I do not feel it would be a good idea to be sharing that in such an open forum.

[arvindy]

Hello,

Acrobat XI Pro support has been ended, you can see the details at: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/acrobat/kb/end-of-support-acrobat-xi-reader-xi.html

Could you please let us know if you face this issue with Acrobat Pro DC/Reader DC as well?

Regards,

Arvind

[try67]

What you're seeing suggests that the comment is set to be both locked and read-only, which can't be changed using the Acrobat interface. It can be changed using a script, though. You can run the following code to "unlock" all the comments in your file:

this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
if (annots!=null) {
	for (var i in annots) {
		var annot = annots[i];
		annot.setProps({lock: false, readOnly: false});
	}
}