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

By Erin Wright

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.

This tutorial is available as a YouTube video showing all the steps in real time.

Watch more than 150 other writing-related software tutorials on my YouTube channel.

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.

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Print Button | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Summarize Comments Button | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Print Comment Summary Dialog Box | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Print Button in Print Dialog Box | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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.

Image of Acrobat DC Tools Tab | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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

Comment Button in Adobe Acrobat DC Tools Center | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

3. Select the Options menu in the Comment pane.

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Comment Pane Options Button | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

4. Select Create Comment Summary.

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Create Comment Summary Option | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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.)

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Create Comment Summary Dialog Box | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Create Cmment Summary Dialog Box with Create Comment Summary Button Highlighted | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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.

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Comment Pane Comment Preferences Option | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Preferences Dialog Box | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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.

Image of Adobe Acrobat DC Print Dialog Box Comments & Forms Drop-Down Menu | How to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC

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.

Related Resources

How to Use the Comment and Markup Tools in Adobe Acrobat

How to Reply to Comments and Markups in Adobe Acrobat

How to Change the Font and Font Size of Comments in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader (PC & Mac)

How to Change Your Name for New Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat

How to Change Your Name for Existing Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat

Updated June 11, 2022

Filed Under: Adobe Acrobat Tagged With: Acrobat Standard, Adobe Acrobat DC

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