Three Ways to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat offer several ways to print PDFs with comments and mark-ups. Today’s tutorial explains three different methods:

1. Print comment and mark-up summaries on separate pages

2. Print comments and mark-ups with lines to the text

3. Print comment and mark-up symbols without the text in the comment and mark-up pop-ups.

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These steps apply to Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Adobe Acrobat Standard DC, Adobe Acrobat 2020, and Adobe Acrobat 2017.

Print Comment and Mark-Up Summaries on Separate Pages

You can print summaries of comments and mark-ups on separate pages from the text:

1. Select the Print button in the main toolbar.

2. Select the Summarize Comments button in the Print dialog box.

3. Select Yes in the dialog box asking if you would like to include the summarized comments in the printout.

4. Select the Print button in the Print dialog box.

Pro Tip: You can also print comment and mark-up summaries on separate pages by selecting Print with Comment Summary in the Comment Pane’s option menu.

Print Comments and Mark-Ups with Lines to the Text

You can print comments and mark-ups with lines to the text:

1. Select the Tools tab.

2. Select the Comment button in the Review & Approve section of the Tools Center.

3. Select the Options menu in the Comment pane.

4. Select Create Comment Summary.

5. Select Document and comments with connector lines on separate pages or Document and comments with connector lines on single pages. You can also choose to print comments only or print the document and comments with sequenced numbers on separate pages. (The sequenced numbers are like footnote numbers.)

6. Select the Create Comment Summary button. The comment summary will appear in a separate tab named Summary of Comments on [Your File Name].

7. Select the Print button in the main toolbar.

8. Select the Print button in the Print dialog box.

Pro Tip: If you want to share the comments and edited text with other reviewers without sharing the original document, you can save the Summary of Comments on [Your File Name] tab as a separate PDF.

Print Comment and Mark-Up Symbols

You can also print PDFs with just comment and mark-up symbols instead of printing the symbols with the text in the corresponding comment and mark-up pop-ups:

1. Select the Tools tab.

2. Select the Comment button in the Review & Approve section of the Tools Center.

3. Select the Options menu in the Comment pane.

4. Select Commenting Preferences.

5. Select Print notes and pop-ups in the Preferences dialog box.

6. Select the OK button in the Preferences dialog box.

7. Select the Print button in the main toolbar.

8. Select Documents and Markups in the Print dialog box’s Comments & Forms drop-down menu.

9. Select the Print button in the Print dialog box.

Pro Tip: Acrobat will keep the Print notes and pop-ups option selected in the Preferences dialog box indefinitely. So, remember to deselect that option if you don’t want future documents to print with comment and mark-up symbols.