Summarize comments

By Cynthia, 6 December, 2025

Summarizing comments is an easy way to help you directly obtain a synopsis of comments associated with the PDF. Foxit PDF Editor supports to create a comment summary PDF. To create a comment summary, do as below:

  1. Choose Comment > Summarize Comments.
  2. In Create Comment Summary dialog box, do the following:
    1. Choose the layout of the summary and there are five types of layouts for you to choose:
      • L1--Document and comment with connector lines on separate pages 
      • L2-- Document and comment with connector lines on single pages
      • L3—Comments only
      • L4-- Document and comment with sequence numbers on separate pages
      • L5-- Document and comment with sequence numbers on single pages

    2. Comment Type - Choose the comment type you want to summarize.
    3. Paper Size-Select the paper size of the summary
    4. Font Size - Select the font size of the summary.
    5. Sort comments by – Choose how to sort the comments.
    6. Include pages– Specify the page range you need to summarize.
  3. Click OK and a PDF named “Summary of Comments on [original document name].pdf” will be opened automatically. You can rename it before you save.
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