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I'm not certain of this because I don't have just the Reader to check it
out, but I think you can do this by changing the security settings for the
PDF.
>From File, Document Security, you can choose settings such as allowing
printing or changes to be made, including comments.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jshelton -at- metasolv -dot- com [mailto:jshelton -at- metasolv -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:34 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Adobe Reader 5.1
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> I'm trying to activate the Comments capability so developers can add
> notations as they review. I enabled the toolbar on my PDF, but all the
> buttons on it are unavailable. Can someone tell me what I
> need to do to be
> activate this capability in Reader? The help says "You can
> add comments in
> Acrobat Reader only if the creator of the PDF document enables the
> Comments feature." However, the help does not say how to
> enable Comments.
> Is there something I should do when I generate the PDF (I'm using
> Framemaker 6).
>
> Thanks,
> Jan Shelton
>
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