2) My proofreader uses the Normal PDF to add his comments.
3) I open the Normal PDF, export the comments, and import them in the Custom PDF.

4) In indesign 2022, I open the Custom PDF to import PDF comments.

And there, no comment misaligned.

So far, I just made the test on a few pages, and need to find a way or a script to remove the stroke on every text, with one click.

It's quite cumbersome, so I really hope for a fix.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Alex,

a script to remove all strokes on all texts in your document:

app.documents[0].stories.everyItem().texts[0].properties =
{
	strokeWeight : 0 ,
	strokeColor : "None"
};

Here I assume that you have no text in InDesign tables and no footnotes in your docs.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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AlexUzanAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks, Uwe. You've been really helpful

It works like a charm.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Imported your commented PDF you provided without any issue to my InDesign document opened in 14.0.3.433:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

L

Laubender

Community Expert

"- If I open your 211112-3-PDF-Comments-14.0.3.433 in Acrobat Pro, add comments, and import it in Indesign, it craches."

That's bad. I wonder if the core issue in the crash lies in a bug with the Acrobat Pro version.

I'm with Acrobat Pro DC Continous Release | Version 2021.007.20099.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Alex,

please attach your commented PDF.

I'd like to import it to the PDF Comments panel.

What exact version are you using with InDesign version 14?

I'm on Windows 10 with the German InDesign 14.0.3.433.

What happens if you load my commented PDF to the InDesign document in InDesign version 14?

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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AlexUzanAuthor

Inspiring

I'm using Indesign 14.03 french on Windows 10.

My PDF with comment is attached.

- If I import your 211112-3-PDF-Comments-14.0.3.433-Commented : Misaligned

- If I open your 211112-3-PDF-Comments-14.0.3.433 in Acrobat Pro, add comments, and import it in Indesign, it craches.

Test-Uwe.pdf

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Alex,

sorry to say, but I can see the issue already with InDesign 2019 version 14.0.3.433.

Sounds crazy, but this time the comment was moved to the beginning of the story:

Here my test documents to download from my Dropbox account:

211112-3-BUG-PDF-CommentsOnTextWithStrokes.zip

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6nfke4fx4r1vdz/211112-3-BUG-PDF-CommentsOnTextWithStrokes.zip?dl=1

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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AlexUzanAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Uwe,

So I opened your Indesign file named 211112-3-PDF-Comments-14.0.3.433, export a PDF, add comments, save the PDF, imports it back in Indesign, and I have no issue. The comment are perfectly aligned.

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AlexUzanAuthor

Inspiring

Did the same thing in Indesign 17.01, and of course, comments are misaligned.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Bevi,

here another sample to download:

211111-1-BUG-PDF-CommentsOnTextWithStrokes.zip

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tdqwzlwqbv1paom/211111-1-BUG-PDF-CommentsOnTextWithStrokes.zip?dl=1

Just created with InDesign 2022 version 17.0.0.96 and the current Acrobat Pro 2021.007.20099.

Simple text commented with Acrobat Pro.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

// EDITED

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Bevi,

clearly, this is a bug.

I can see it with InDesign 2022 for example.

The strokes on the text were applied before exporting the PDF where I did the comments.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com

Legend

I use InDesign's import PDF Comments feature almost every day. Very few problems with the utility, but there are some caveats to know:

Once the PDF is made, do not edit the text in the original source InDesign file until after you bring in the editor's commented PDF. Don't change it's appearance, or add/delete text content.
Once you've brought and processed the editor's comments into the original source InDesign layout, then go ahead and make other editorial/design changes to the text content.
Once you're done making the editor's changes, go ahead an delete them from InDesign's comments panel. They're not needed anymore (they'll still be in the PDF if you need to refer back to them later).

In the link above https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/the-quot-import-pdf-comments-quot-issue/m-p/1204... It's difficult to tell when the text is having the stroke added:

Is the text being stroked in the original InDesign layout, then PDF'd, and then brought in with comments?
Or is the text being stroked after the PDF has been made, but before the comments have been brought in? If this is the case, then yes, the comment markers will go haywire.

Remember, once the PDF is made, don't change the text until you have the editor's comments brought in and completed.

I don't know if this is a bug, maybe more it's just the way InDesign and PDFs coordinate.

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AlexUzanAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Bevi,

If you read my post, you'll see that no edit has been made on the IDD.

1) I write the text, one with outline, one without.

2) I export a PDF.

3) I open the PDF in Acrobat, add comments, and save,

4) I import the PDF comments in my Indesign project.

5) The comments are perfectly aligned on the text without outline, and not at all on the text with outline.

I did that for almost a year on Indesign 14, with no issue. (and still doing to this day).
It broke when Indesign 2015 was released.

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Voted and commented your bug report at InDesign UserVoice.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )