Most comments (except Typewriter, Callout, Text Box, and Eraser) include a pop-up note associated with them. You can type text message in their pop-up notes to communicate ideas or provide feedback for the document (See also Reply to comments). This type of pop-up note also includes an Options button which provides various options for more actions. When you create a comment, Foxit PDF Editor will automatically activate the text field in the Comments panel (if you have opened the Comments panel when adding a comment), or open the pop-up note automatically on the document pane (if you have specified the corresponding settings in the Commenting preferences) right after you add the comment. When you are viewing comments in the Comments panel, you can also double-click a comment or right-click a comment and choose Edit from the context menu to edit the text messages in the pop-up note. (Note: For all types of comments except the Eraser comment, when you put the cursor over them, a message note appears showing the information about the comment like the author, the text he typed, or the name of the file attachment.)
Sometimes pop-up notes are hidden or closed. To open pop-up notes, select the Hand command, Select Annotation command, or the corresponding commenting tool, and then do any of the following:
- Click on the comment, and select the Edit note icon
on the toolbar floating above the comment to open its pop-up note. - Double-click the comment. Note: When the Comments panel is hidden, double-clicking the comment opens (or closes) the pop-up note on the document pane. With the Comments panel open, double-clicking the comment activates the text field associated with the comment in the Comments panel for you to add or edit the text message in the pop-up note. However, for a file attachment comment, double-clicking the file attachment icon opens the file attachment (if you have permissions), whether the Comments panel is hidden or open.
- Right-click the comment, and choose Open Popup Note to open the pop-up note of the selected comment or Open All Popups to open the pop-up notes of all the comments in the document.
- Click Comment > Manage Comments > Popup Notes > Open All to open the pop-up notes of all the comments in the document.
To close or hide pop-up notes, select the Hand command, Select Annotation command, or the corresponding commenting tool, and then do any of the following:
- Click the Close button on the pop-up note.
- Make sure that you have closed the Comments panel, and then double-click the comment.
- Right-click the comment, and choose Close Popup Note to close the pop-up note of the selected comment or Close All Popups to close the pop-up notes of all the comments in the document.
- Click Comment > Manage Comments > Popup Notes > Close All to close the pop-up notes of all the comments in the document.
You can adjust the location of a pop-up note to make sure that it does not overlap the contents. To move a pop-up note, directly drag it to the desired position. (Tip: You can move the pop-up note to anywhere on the page where its associated comment is located.) If you need to restore a pop-up note to the default location, right-click the comment with the Hand command, the Select Annotation command, or the corresponding commenting tool, and choose Reset Popup Note Location from the context menu.
Notes:
- If you choose Comment > Manage Comments > Comments > Hide All, all comments in the document along with their associated pop-up notes will be hidden; choose Comment > Manage Comments > Comments > Show All, all comments in the document along with their associated pop-up notes (except any you had closed) will reappear.
- When viewing comments, the text in pop-up notes will be displayed in the font and size you specified in the Comment preferences. To change the default setting, please go to File > Preferences > Commenting, and specify the font and size in the Viewing Comments group.