Statuses and checked marks indicate whether the comment has been read and whether it requires further action. By setting the review status, you can let other reviewers know how their purposed changes are being implemented. Once the review status is set, it is always visible in the Comment panel and cannot be removed from the Comment list even if you change the status to None. Note that Checked marks are “private”; they are invisible to others viewing the PDF document unless you change the comment statuses.

To set a status

Open a PDF and do either of the following to set review status for a comment:

  • In the document pane, right-click on a comment and choose Set Status > Review. Choose an option from the Review menu. For example, if you choose Set Status > Review > Accepted, the review state, Accepted, will appear below the comment along with the name of who set the review status and date (A).

  • In the Comment panel, right-click on the comment and choose Set Status > Review. Choose an option from the Review menu.


Set status for a comment (Left). The review state of the comment is accepted (A).

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