Re: Need help with Acrobat in-line editing

[Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I haven't used Pro in years, but I would be looking for a way to lock the
reviewers out of all editing other than commenting.

Bob

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 12:33 PM Alan Houser <arh -at- groupwellesley -dot- com> wrote:

> Your perception remains correct ... Acrobat isn't appropriate as a
> document editing tool. It's nice to be able to fix a typo in Acrobat as
> you're going to print, but I wouldn't use the editing features for much
> else.
>
> OTOH, Acrobat's commenting features are well-done. And you can import
> multiple reviewers' comments into a single PDF, where you can deal with
> them systematically. Acrobat also supports server-based review, which
> automates this process and allows reviewers to see each others' comments.
>
> Your situation sounds pretty terrible. I would insist that your SMEs use
> the Acrobat commenting features. Doing so would make your task far easier.
>
> -Alan
>
> On 9/4/20 7:31 AM, Gina Jones wrote:
> > I admit I don't use all the latest features of Acrobat. Normally, we
> > generate pdfs from HTML or Word files. I provide drafts in pdf format and
> > receive feedback using the Comments feature.
> >
> > Recently, a company I work with purchased an enterprise license for the
> > Acrobat Professional. My SMEs started providing extensive feedback for
> 100+
> > page manuals using the editing features of Acrobat, such as text editing,
> > objects (images), etc. However, not everything can be edited themselves
> > (covers, page numbering, TOC).
> >
> > I also publish the content in HTML, as well as PDF. There are
> > export features, but the files are messy with generated mark-up.
> >
> > Am I missing something that's changed in our industry? I thought Acrobat
> > was not intended to be a document creation tool nor used for extensive
> > editing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gina Jones
> >
> --
> Alan Houser
> Group Wellesley, Inc.
> Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
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