Your colleague has posted a Sticky Note comment with a design suggestion. You open the file, read the comment and decide that the suggestion might be a smart idea. You do not, however, have the authority to approve the change alone, so you will need to run it by your team leader.
You could send an email back to your coworker explaining that you need to run it by the boss. This email alone, even though it is referring to the PDF file, is detached from the workflow process.
To engage the workflow into your reply, you could grab a commenting tool and make an additional note on the PDF that will inform your coworker of your intent to run his idea up the chain. This way, the PDF file itself is the platform of communication, but there are now two Sticky Notes that refer to the same topic. They are physically close to one another on the page, but are indeed still two separate thoughts.
To thread these two comments together, one could locate the initial comment in the Comments Panel. Select the comment by clicking its entry in the Comments Panel or on the note's icon on the page. Click the Reply Button at the top of the Comments Panel.
Enter the annotation and it shows up as a threaded entry in the original note, and in its own sub-entry in the note's popup window on the page!
An entire conversation can transpire about, and within, an individual note. You can take advantage of this feature within email reviews, server-based, or those hosted on Acrobat.com. Clear, efficient and cool!
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Could you explain why the “Reply” button is grayed out and what we can do to make it available?
Could you explain why the “Reply” button is grayed out and what we can do to make it available?
Could you explain why the “Reply” button is grayed out and what we can do to make it available?
Kathy,
I will need to know a bit more about your scenario. What program is the PDF file being opened in? If it is Adobe Reader, the file may need to have extended feature turned on (for this specific file). To do this, you must open the file in Acrobat 9 (not Reader) and select Advanced>Extended features in Adobe Reader…
This will add capabilities of this file when in reader to allow Reader do things it normally can not… such as participate in a review cycle, etc.
I hope this helps!
David
Kathy,
I will need to know a bit more about your scenario. What program is the PDF file being opened in? If it is Adobe Reader, the file may need to have extended feature turned on (for this specific file). To do this, you must open the file in Acrobat 9 (not Reader) and select Advanced>Extended features in Adobe Reader…
This will add capabilities of this file when in reader to allow Reader do things it normally can not… such as participate in a review cycle, etc.
I hope this helps!
David
Kathy,
I will need to know a bit more about your scenario. What program is the PDF file being opened in? If it is Adobe Reader, the file may need to have extended feature turned on (for this specific file). To do this, you must open the file in Acrobat 9 (not Reader) and select Advanced>Extended features in Adobe Reader…
This will add capabilities of this file when in reader to allow Reader do things it normally can not… such as participate in a review cycle, etc.
I hope this helps!
David