Mysterious dots and comment that can't be unlocked

[elizab49471221]

The form I made has these mysterious dots and a comment that remains locked despite not being locked in the properties window. How can I delete the dots/the comment?  

[AkanchhaS]

Hey!

Hope you are doing well.

Was this comment added and locked by you? If yes, then follow the steps suggested below in order to delete it:

To "Delete" a comment

• Do one of the following: 

  • Select the comment and press Delete.

  • In the Comments list, right-click on the comment you want to delete, choose Delete from the context menu.

Note: Before pressing the Delete key, make sure that the comment is selected. Also, You cannot delete other reviewers’ comments in a shared review, nor can you delete locked comments.

To "Unlock" a comment

Note: Only available for PDFs shared using a network folder or comment added by the owner. 

• Right-click the comment and choose Properties.

• Deselect Locked

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Akanchha

[elizab49471221]

I am the only person who has worked with this form so it must have been me. I am not able to delete it as it is locked. It remains locked even when I uncheck the "locked" box in the properties window.

[arvindy]

Hi,

Looks like your annotation is read only and so you are not able to change properties via UI.

But using a JS you can change read only property and you will be able to interact/delete via UI those, comments you want to , using the JS Debugger.

Could you please run the following snippet in Acrobat JavaScript Debugger?

this.syncAnnotScan();

var annots = this.getAnnots();

console.show();

for(var i=0; i<annots.length; i++){

annots[i].readOnly=false;

annots[i].lock=false;

}

For running the JS debugger, you need to “Enable JavaScript” and “Enable Interactive Console” in Preferences=>JavaScript if not done already. I hope it helps.

Regards,

Arvind