Remove Sticky Note Icon next to Text Markups

[Guest]

I just upgraded to Acrobat Pro DC on Win7. I am converting MS Visio 2016 files to PDF but it has started adding annoying yellow Sticky Note comment chat bubbles next to every text box.

Any ideas on how to convert .VSD to PDF without creating these yellow comment icons?

[AnandSri · Accepted solution]

Hello Mark,

Sorry for the delayed response and inconvenience caused. By default PDF Studio Version 9 is set to copy the text you mark up into the annotation note. A sticky note/bubble will appear right next to the markup on the page to indicate that there is text in the note.

To remove the text note from a specific text markup annotation, follow the step below:

1. Using the Hand Selection tool, double-click on the text markup annotation. This will open the annotation note popup dialog.

2. Delete all of the text from the note section

3. Close the note popup dialog and the icon will go away

You may also refer to Flattening a PDF with sticky notes

Feel free to update this discussion for any further assistance.

Regards,

Anand Sri.

[gbc1965]

correct, but long painful way of doing this. quick and easy:

edit> preferences> Commenting > uncheck Enable text indicators and tooltips.

[Himmelberg]

THANK YOU !!

[Gladysxtina]

Seriously. You just saved me a bunch of time so THANK YOU!!!

[Tricia_Trib]

I just found this after struggling with the sticky notes for months.  Thank you so much!

[Tricia_Trib]

Darn it, that also turns off the actual redline comments I need to see.  Is there a way to turn of JUST the yellow comment bubbles?

[Rachael244262312muj]

Thank you, this totally worked!  However, when I went to print, the actual annotation did not print even though I could see it on the PDF.  I found that this was printing issue, so I am posting the fix in case it helps someone else.  Ctrl+P to print, and on the main page under the "Comments & Forms" section, select "Document and Markups" and then the annotated comments will print.  

[Yeshni24308608fk5a]

legendary

[Nubia32401707v803]

Thanks!!!

[robertw5332391]

This was the answer I was looking for! Thank you! 

[Himmelberg]

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[Jenni36983719gg4t]

I cracked this by making a complete copy "Duplicate" of the entire file. The PDF was still editable and the yellow note squares disappeared. Wasted one hour trying to work round this before doing the most obvious (?) thing. !