Remove ALL stamps, notes, & comments; but HOW?

This can be done fairly easy with a bit of JavaScript, perhaps with a custom menu item or toolbar button. Have you ever done any JavaScript programming in Acrobat? If not, post again and I bet someone can sugest some code.

You can also use PDF Optimizer to remove comments, though I'd have to double-check exactly what's available with Acrobat 7...

You can also open the Comments pane and delete from there.

George

George,

I tried using the Comments Pane (Alt-c then Alt-i). It works great! Here are the Acrobat 7 Pro steps for anyone else interested.

1) Alt-c, Alt-i to open the Comments Pane. Or you could select Comments --> Show Comments List.2) Click on the first item, then shift-click on the last item in the Comments List.

3) Click Delete in the Top Edge of the Comments List. Count to 10, Poof! Gone!

4) Click the X in the Top Right Corner of the Comments List.

5) Save As with a new file name. Done!

I bet if I knew JavaScript, it would be pretty easy to automate these steps.

I DID try the PDF Optimizer. It doesn't offer to remove comments in Acrobat 7 Professional that I could see.

Thanks for your help, George! You probably saved me 10 hours next tax season.

Mike Chaffee, CPA

When you get the file, make a copy and work on that. Then you will still have the original file, sans all comments, stamps, etc.

Script to remove all comments from a document:

var annots=this.getAnnots();
for (i in annots) annots[i].destroy();

Ok, now here's a question of the Ignorant: WHERE/HOW do I put in this script and run it?

If you explain how you would like to use this, we can give you some suggestions. You could run the code from the JavaScript console, use it with a batch sequence, place it in a folder-level JavaScript file so it's run from a custom menu item or toolbar button, place it in a bookmark action, a button action, etc.

I'd also suggest the following code that ensures you get every annotation and that you delete the items in reverse order, which is standard programming practice when deleting indexed items in a loop:


George

Here it is, 2010. I am trying to send an extensively marked up PDF (Acrobat Pro 9), and want to send it without the comments. I have wasted a half hour and counting, trying to figure out how to save it without comments, in order to send a clean copy to someone. I know I can print a copy without the comments. I do this alot. I tried "printing to PDF" without comments, but this results in a large, low resolution file, for some reason. Can it possibly be right that there isn't a save-without-comments feature in the software. I have to learn some code? Adobe always astonishes me with the things you can't do. I remember needing to learn some code to get a copy of the bookmarks I had created in a file. I also can't believe you can't get a simply list of your comments on a single page. The PDF reader I use on the iPad is far superior to Acrobat 9 in terms of functional design--head and shoulders above this product, which I wish would vanish from the face of the earth!

You can use the optimizer, redaction, or preflight features of Acrobat Professional. These features are covered in Help.

iggy, simply open the Comments list (Comments - Show comments list), click in it, press Ctrl+A to select all and then Delete to delete all the comments. Done.