How to create comments inside right margin instead of outside?

Question

I see that much changed after the most recent update of Adobe Acrobat Pro. The change I wish to undo is this new default to comments appearing to the right of the right margin instead of inside it. How do I make my comments appear inside the right margin as I used to be able to do, rather than outside the margin, which is almost impossible to see when I am working on my laptop? (I can see my own comments only if I shrink the entirety of the display to a smaller, less readable size.)

Tariq Ahmad · Answer

Hi @kathryn_attrent,

Thanks for reaching out with your query, and for your feedback.

In the new Acrobat interface, sticky notes and comments no longer overlay inside the document margins. Instead, they appear as references in the Comments pane to the far right. This UI shift is part of the product's updated design, which is focused on “distraction-free” document reading/editing.

Alternatively,

You can temporarily go back to the older UI, which uses in-line comment bubbles instead of pushing them out to the right-hand pane.

Steps:

Open Acrobat Pro.
Click the hamburger menu (≡) in the upper left.
Click “Disable New Acrobat” (or look for “Revert to Classic Acrobat”).
Restart the app.

This should restore the older in-document commenting style you’re used to.

Let us know how it works

~Tariq

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