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tinsnip
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July 7, 2016
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Comment boxes and arrows grouped?

  • July 7, 2016
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I'm using a client's commented PDF to edit a document in InDesign. My memory isn't perfect, but is seems like in previous versions of Acrobat, the lines pointing from a text/edit box to the area that would receive the edit were distinct objects. Now, when I select a text edit comment box, a group-type dotted line encompasses both the line and the box. Are they somehow grouped? Is there a way to ungroup them?

I'm asking because for some reason Acrobat DC (latest version) seems much slower, especially so with commented documents. It's possible that the person making the comments on their PDF is doing something that's slowing things down. But if that's the case, I'd like to be able to gently suggest the cut it the f#*k out. The beachball is driving me nuts. Every time I touch the cursor to the page (anywhere) the beachball appears. Slow, agonizing progress is the best I can hope for.

Thanks!

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Correct answer tinsnip

Just to confirm that going back to Acrobat Pro X (instead of the Adobe CC version) has completely solved the slow performance issue for me. I have no idea what the problem is with the Acrobat CC version, but don't miss it in the least.

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Braniac
July 8, 2016

Yes I see that the dotted line encompasses both parts of the object, but you should still be able to manipulate the points of the arrow independently. There does not appear to be a way to ungroup them. And sadly, I agree that commenting is lower in DC. Often, I'll use the commenting tools in previous versions, just because it is faster.

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tinsnipAuthor
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July 8, 2016

Thanks for your response. I may have been unclear in my description. I was searching for some reason why the commented documents I receive from clients are so much slower to work with than the un-commented versions I send to them. Flailing around for a reason, I discovered the linked arrangement between comments and arrows (which I had not seen in previous versions) and thought perhaps it was something the client was doing on purpose that was causing the document to read slowly.

Maybe it's just that Acrobat Pro DC is pig slow in this latest update. I just tried opening the same document that had been giving me problems in Acrobat Pro X and bingo! It's running perfectly without a single beechball! I'll simply use that version of the app instead of the CC version.

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tinsnipAuthorCorrect answer
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July 9, 2016

Just to confirm that going back to Acrobat Pro X (instead of the Adobe CC version) has completely solved the slow performance issue for me. I have no idea what the problem is with the Acrobat CC version, but don't miss it in the least.

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