is there a way to permanently keep comment toolbar open in adobe reader dc

This version of Adobe is horrible. As engineers, we used version 11 for years and were happy with it. When Adobe switched to this kid-cartoon-like DC version nothing worked. I am tired of turning on and off the palets, comments, signature panes, etc for every document we open and need to edit, markup, or add comments. Since Adobe is not able to create a customizable product, we will be switching to BlueBeam. It is more expensive but it works the way we need it. Adobe is no longer a product for professionals... Even the Pro version sucks...

Is there any way to keep quick tools open when you open the comment side bar? I have specific tools I use regularly in the quick tools but when i open the list of comments on a document DC hides the quick tools. It's not like the realestate isn't there to show the quick tools, on a 3440x1440 monitor the top bars are only 50% full.

Whoever worked on the later versions of DC's interface needs to be fired, they have no idea what they're doing.

The fact that you do not have the option to permanently keep the comment toolbar permanently open is a CONSTANT source of annoyance and should be changed! Open, closed, open, closed, open, closed, open, closed..... It's insanity! And opening the toolbar is laggy to top it off. I see comments that are 4 years old on this topic and Adobe has not adapted to users wishes. Please change it back to the way it used to be or provide the CHOICE to have it always open if that's your preference. Seriously.

I worked out how to do it! and it stays there when you close and re-open Adobe DC.

Right click on the QuickTools toolbar (the default toolbar has save/print etc icons) and select Customize Quick Tools. From there click on the Comment heading and then click the Add to Toolbar symbol on the right hand side (+ in a circle with an up arrow).

This will add the whole commenting toolbar to your quick tools and it will then stay open all the time.

Hope that helps everyone. I was going insane with the toolbar closing every time I hit esc.

We have the same issue in the newest version: DC 18.009.20050

We like to remove unused tools and keep the comment menu in the upper section allways open/aktiv even after restart of acrobat.

Any updates?

This is a significant issue (for me and I am not that unusual).  I have to get my vote in on how deplorable this is.  This became an issue on the latest update.  (This is why I don't like automatic updates.) For every comment or markup that I want to add, I am forced to open the comment toolbar again.  Once I hit escape, or however I de-activate the current tool, the entire toolbar closes.   This is frustrating as I may add a dozen individual markups to a single doc.  Each time, I must go through the mouse/keystrokes {Alt-V}, {T}, {Down}, {Down}, {Down}, {Down}, {Right}, {Enter}. 

That being as it is, there are a couple of workarounds;

1)    Display document in full screen.  Hit screen print.  Paste screen shot to Paint.  Crop the doc, save, then add comments in MS Paint.  Save the final version and print it to another pdf.

2)    The same as above but, instead, use the screen snipping tool instead of a screen print.

3)    The same as above but using MS Word instead of Paint.  This last option works well if you need to combine pdf pages from multiple files.  Each screen clip can be pasted to Word and each word page separated by a manual section break.  Using the section break, instead of the more common page break, has the benefit of being able to apply portrait/landscape orientation to each page separately.

Which ever you choose, it is recommended to not use the Adobe Acrobat screenshot tool.

Terrible product!

It takes forever to load the "Comment" set of tools. I also used to be able to cut and paste text boxes or other items after commenting/markup. Now I have to open Comments (wait at least 5-10 seconds for Comment tools to load), do my mark up, and then open "Edit PDF" tools so I can cut and paste things. 

Very bad product. Not well thought out at all.

Hi Elizabeth Cruz,

Please let me know if you wish to open Tools Pane (on the right hand side) permanently when you open Reader DC.

If yes, then you need to go to "Edit > Preferences > Documents" and checkmark 'Open tools pane for each document' option.

Then, click OK and relaunch Reader and see how it appears.

Regards,

Anubha