Where has the check box gone?!

[AndreaDFresco]

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. @

[nick88052439]

Burying the checkbox is really hurting our workflow, by adding yet another unnecessary step (to hundreds and hundreds of edits/comments that require attention)—and confusing a number of infrequent users who will no longer use it, which is equally as dangerous.

It might sound silly, but in an environment where accuracy and editorial review is key, that check is a safety measure. And it was useful to those of us with untrained clients, as it was easily visible. We're exploring other proofing tools as a consequence.

[stuartf62802237]

Don't "consider" just bring it back1!! How the hell does this improve workflow by burying a commonly used function!?

Perhaps a checkbox that supports multiple clicks for each status? ie: 1x for accept, 2x for cancelled etc etc

[wmodist]

this is really really really a bad design decision. Hey Adobe, could you please study the use of your products before adding new (useless) gimmicks. jeeeeeeez

[Dreamy_Glimmer1674]

It's an awful decision. 

I've just tried the new 'Import PDF comments' feature in InDesign (only works for PDFs created in InDesign 2019). And the checkbox option lives on in there!

Hopefully feature (which is actually a very good idea) will help people until Adobe reinstates the checkboxes in Acrobat.

Import PDF comments

[wmodist]

damn, just spent double of the production time for a document, your remark came in just too late, thx for the tip!

[stew123456]

I've been woking with it for a week now and one work-around I have discovered is to work in reverse.

Open PDF comments tab, select all of the comments, right click and select "Add Checkmark" this bring the checkbox back and just untick them off as you go. Silly but a temporary solution.

In the meantime vote to bring this back on the official Adobe Feature request website here:

Bring back checkboxes by default. Seriously. – Share your feedback on Acrobat DC

[SStanard]

Yes I need the check box back as well. Thank you for your soon to be released update.

[~ Gil]

I am convinced these people at Adobe are now getting paid for/by our clicks.

This is absurd !

[debrastudio]

Perhaps Adobe will set up a fund for carpel tunnel treatment.

[~ Gil]

I use this process primarily for multiple newsletters each month.

As a solution to this dilemma I have resorted to;

1) Save a copy of the PDF file,

2) As each alteration is completed, right click "delete" the comment.

Not a great solution but at least the workflow returns to fluid.

In the ole' days we had a great saying, " if it works, don't fix it! "

[RaCreate]

Bring back the check box!!!!!

To be able to easily tick an amend as done and view ONLY unchecked items was so easy. And now... a right pain. Please put it back how it was.

[kellyw63008266]

Bring the checkbox back! BAD UX design that nobody asked for.

[Cal Mac]

+1 BRING IT BACK!

Terrible decision to hide the checkbox. This has made going through huge documents of markup almost impossible to work with. Extremely frustrating. The reason for removing it is so ridiculous.

[100pk]

Another +1 for bringing the check box back AND filtering checked/unchecked.

Unbelievable one could think it would be helpful to relocate this function into a right-click-popup.

[100pk]

Okay, I just tried to import pdf-comments in Indesign.

At least checking comments you have finished is easily.

One caveat: users why are using older versions of Acrobat seem not to save to compatible versions so you cannot import the comments.

When save-as from the latest Acrobat I am seem to be able to import them but in that case not all comments seem completely readable.

[alicew97035771]

Same. Extremely unhappy. I rely on the checkbox to help me process hundreds of comments in huge PDFs from clients. PUT IT BACK.

[peter.prusa]

Please bring back the checkbox, editing comments has gotten so much worse since the update.

[Info1OOG]

Useless Update, bring the checkbox back ! We pay an annual subscription for you to IMPROVE the softwares, not make them worse.

[Spelt]

So you took something that was one step to click to sort through all the comments we get from out clients on 300+ page documents into a 3 step process. So now we have to basically just delete comments as we go? WTF who though this was a good idea?

[MacSolu]

This is a major disappointment and is causing quite an unnecessary stir in our work production.

When you're opening up a PDF with 300+ mark ups, you need the ability to simply sort by "checked" or "unchecked" and be able to simply check items off in the most intuitive way possible. What's more intuitive than a visual, unhidden checkbox? Edtis that should take an hour at most are now taking a significantly greater amount of time. How is that better?

Please, please bring back or at least grant the ability to "show checkboxes" within preferences.

#DoTheRightThing

[delli72561720]

Has the current Acrobat developing team ever used Acrobat for actual work? I guess not.

Turning a single click process to 3 clicks is no way a good UX design and imaging when we have to check things / comments for 10, 50, 100 or more pages.

who came up with this idea should be forced to click the new checkbox +5000 times every day until they can bring back the checkbox to where it was.

This is my fix for now. Go back to the previous version which by the way, adobe seems to not know how to name their product version. they have it as 11.0.07 in the download page but its installer name is Acrobat2015 and it is V 2015.something something after tinstallationion! comeon adobe, 2-3 difference names for a product is confusing.

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[jansharrow]

I, too, use the check box all the time and right click is more work, please put the box back!

[Matbathome]

Please bring back the check box!

[Design_mom]

Bring back the checkbox, it was instrumental in ensuring all edits were captured.

[TL Price]

This is TERRIBLE user experience. The checkbox needs back ASAP. Changing something easy, a one click check box to a three click, is a waste of my time. Let me know when you fix your mistake. Cause I know have to go back to a previous version in order to do my work. Thanks for the extra work.