Hello, my name is Erin and this tutorial I'm going to show you how to access and
use the comment and markup tools
in Adobe Acrobat DC. There are several ways to access
Acrobat's comment and markup tools; but today I'm going to cover two methods that utilize the software's
user-friendly interface. I'll start with the most convenient way first.
As you can see I've already opened the document that I want to edit.
In this case, I'm just using some Latin filler text.
Once you've opened your document you can access the comment and mark-up tools
by selecting comment in the sidebar
which Adobe calls the right-hand pane.
The tools then appear in the toolbar. When you're finished using the tools,
you can remove them from the toolbar by clicking X on the right side of the screen.
The second way to access the comment markup tools
is to select the Tools tab in the toolbar. This displays the tools screen
where you can then select comment and once again
the tools appear in the toolbar. Now let's take a look at the tools that are
most relevant to copy editing and proofreading.
These tools are the sticky note, the highlight
the note-to-text,
the strikethrough
the note-to-replace text, the insert,
and the text-correction keyboard shortcuts.
The sticky note tool let you stick a note anywhere on your page.
You can even move it around if you need to.
the highlight tool
let you highlight specific text.
If you decide that you want a note associated with the highlight,
simply right click on the highlighted text and select
open pop-up note.
Like the highlight tool,
the note-to-text tool lets you highlight specific text,
but this time the note opens automatically.
So it's a bit more efficient if you know that you need highlight and a note ahead of time.
The strikethrough tool lets you put a line through any text
that needs to be to deleted.
Similar to the strikethrough tool, the note-to-replace text tool lets you place a line
through any text you wish to delete and write replacement text.
The insert text tool lets you place new text any editable block of text.
Finally, the shortcut tool lets you insert, delete, and replace text
automatically, which is quite handy if you're doing a lot of editing.
To add new text, start typing
wherever you would like the new text to appear.
To create deletion strikethrough,
select the text that you would like to delete and then hit the delete key on
your keyboard.
And to replace text,
select the text that you would like to replace and then immediately start
to type the replacement text. In an upcoming video
I'll take a look at how to manage edits and comments once they've been inserted
into the document
if you'd like to see the tutorial we've just covered in written format, you can
visit my corresponding blog post linked below.
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