Find a comment
The Search comments tool helps you locate a comment by searching for specific words or phrases in the Comments panel.
Search for single word or phrase
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Open a PDF and do either of the following to open the Comment panel:
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Choose Comment > Comment Processing > Comment Panel.
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On the Sidebar Navigation pane, click on the Comment icon 
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In the Comment toolbar, click Search comments
and the Search dialog box appears.
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In the Search For section, select Single word or phrase. Enter the word or phrase you want to search for in the What word or phrase would you like to search for text field and define search criteria by checking Match Case and/or Match whole word only.
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Click Search Comments. The results show the comments that match the search criteria and the word or phrase you search for. The results are sorted by page. You can click on the result to go to the comment in the Comment panel.
Search for multiple words or phrases
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Open a PDF and do either of the following to open the Comment panel:
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Choose Comment > Comment Processing > Comment Panel.
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On the Sidebar Navigation pane, click on the Comment icon
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In the Comment toolbar, click Search comments
and the Search dialog box appears.
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In the Search For section, select Multiple words or phrase and then click Select Words….
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In the Words and Phrases to Search dialog box, type the word or phrase to search for in the New word or phrase text field and then click Add to add it to the Word and phrase list box below. You can repeat the step to add more. At the bottom there are checkboxes you can select to refine search results. Click OK to finish.
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The results show the comments that match the search criteria and the words or phrases you search for (A). You can click on the result to go to the comment in the Comments panel (B).
