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October 2, 2018
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Where has the check box gone?!

  • October 2, 2018
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I have just updated to Acrobat Pro CC 2009.008.20071 and now when I bring up a list of comments on a PDF design file there is no longer a check box to tick off changes as I go. I used to filter by unchecked comments to keep track of what fixes had been actioned. The check box is no longer there.

There are more approval options (completed/apprvoed/add check box etc) in the hamburger dropdown but that is surely not the process for checking off each edit?!

I have identified a temporary (but less good) workaround - (shift + k) which ticks the corner of the box but it doesn't then take you to the next comment as occurred previously, meaning that you need to click on the next one. This actually slows down workflow significantly in a graphic design setting where changes are actioned at speed and timed/. I have read in other forums that some designers used to press the space bar to tick and move to the next change to be even faster. @

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Document Geek
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2018

Here you go: Document Geek: An Easier Way to Mark Comments as Checked in Acrobat DC

It requires a third party tool, but it will add a button to your toolbar to mark something as checked so that you don't even have to have the comments pane open.

Colin Flashman
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2018

This appears to be an intentional change:

What's new in Adobe Acrobat DC

However, I'm not a fan and would like the checkboxes back

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
Known Participant
September 13, 2021

How stupid is this? I used those constantly when posting documents for edits. Was so easy to check off each edit when completed. There is an option to "show checkboxes" in commenting preferences, which I have checked, but it does nothing.