ASH PDF Studio Help

Comments panel

The Comments tab in the sidebar lists every annotation in the open document, grouped by page, with its author, date, comment, replies and review status. In the app: Help ▸ Show me

Open the list

  1. Click the Comments tab (speech-bubble icon) in the sidebar.
  2. Click any entry to scroll to its page and select the mark.

Each entry shows the type of mark, the author, the date ("Not saved" until you save the file), the comment text and any replies.

Find comments

Control What it does
Search comments Matches comment text, reply text and author names
Sort Page (default, grouped by page), Date (newest first) or Author (A to Z)
All types Show one kind of mark only, such as Rectangle or Callout
All authors Show one author only
All statuses Show Accepted, Rejected, Cancelled, Completed or None

Work on a comment

  1. Edit opens the comment for the selected mark.
  2. Reply opens a Reply box; your reply is added under the comment with your Author name and the time.
  3. The status menu sets Accepted, Rejected, Cancelled, Completed or None. A status badge appears on the entry.
  4. Delete removes the mark with its comment and replies after you confirm.

Each change is one undo step: see Undo and redo. In a read-only document these buttons are disabled.

Export the list

Choose Export… to save the entries currently shown (after search and filters) as a CSV file named <document>-comments.csv. Columns are page, type, author, date, status, comment and replies. Open it in a spreadsheet to build a comment register.

Tip

Filter by status before exporting to produce, for example, a list of open comments only.

Note

Comments are written into the PDF, so other PDF readers can show them. To add comments, see Sticky notes, Callouts and Add a comment to any mark.