Keep Document Comments but Delete Comments List?

[PWeareB]

Hello All,

In Acrobat DC, with the Pencil comment tool, I am marking a PDF document to look like a hand-marked document with pencil. What I would like to do, once I have finished marking my document, is keep the hand written comments on the body of the document, but delete the "Comments List" on the right-hand pane.

I know this is probably not possible with some of the comment tools, but the pencil tool already provides all of my comments on the document body.

Is this possible?

Alternatively, is it possible to save the marked-up document without the "Comments List"?

I could then email someone the handwritten markup I created without the "Comments List."

Thank you very much.

Patrick B.

[try67]

You can do it by flattening the file.

The easiest way to do that is by executing the following JavaScript code:

this.flattenPages();

Note that this will also flatten form fields and is not reversible.

[PWeareB]

Thank you for the reply.

Not being familiar with executing code, is there a command within Acrobat that will flatten the file?

Thanks again,

Patrick B.

[try67 · Accepted solution]

You can do it using the Preflight tool. There's a PDF Fixup profile called "Flatten annotations and form fields" that will do it.

[PWeareB]

Thank you very much. I was able to find that tool and it did exactly as I wanted.

Thank you!

Patrick B.

[PWeareB]

Thank you again for the reply. One more question.

I have two versions of Acrobat: Acrobat Pro DC and Acrobat Standard DC.

I see that Acrobat Standard DC does not have the preflight tool, or at least I cannot find it. Is it there somewhere?

As you described it, is the task I wished to accomplish permissible in the Acrobat Standard version?

Thank you again,

Patrick B.

[try67]

The Preflight tool is not available in Standard but you can still use the code I provided to do it.

[PWeareB]

Thank you.

Again, I am not familiar with executing code, but if you could give a very brief description, I could figure it out and would grealy appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

Patrick B.

[try67]

To run the code from the JS Console do the following:

- Press Ctrl+J to open the console window.

- Paste the code into the lower part of that window.

- Select the code with the mouse or keyboard.

- Press Ctrl+Enter to run it.

[PWeareB]

Thanks very much again!

best,

Patrick B.