How to Flatten or Embed Comments in a PDF using Acrobat©

Most often than not, I implement all my comments to PDF files (such as manuscript proofs) using the many rich features of Adobe’s Acrobat Professional. However, I always prefer to “flatten” these comments that is, make them a permanent part of the PDF document. There are a few methods for doing this, but by far, the fastest and most clever is this one, found on PlanetPDF

1. In Acrobat professional, type “Ctrl + j” to invoke the java script dialog
2. In that dialog, type: this.flattenPages();
3. press “Ctrl + Enter”

Voila!

Don’t forget to save your document.

Cite as:
Saad, T. "How to Flatten or Embed Comments in a PDF using Acrobat©." Weblog entry from Please Make A Note. http://pleasemakeanote.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-flatten-or-embed-comments-in-pdf.html