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Lucy Shine Strong
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Trying to view comments on PDF

Hello   I am working in a shared folder. I have synced it on my laptop. But when my mentor has added comments to my PDF I am unable to view them, it just says there are none there? There is plenty ...
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Walter
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3 years ago

Can they see their comments from their end on our website Lucy Shine Strong  ?

 
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Lucy Shine Strong
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
Yes, she shared her screen and I could see them. But when I opened the doc on my end I couldn’t see any. I tried numerous times.
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    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Have you considered using the Dropbox comments feature instead in that case, Lucy? 

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      Lucy Shine Strong
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago
      I hadn’t thought of that. My mentor uses Dropbox with other people and does the same thing regularly. She didn’t understand why I couldn’t see the comments. I didn’t want to ask her to re-do all her work.
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        Walter
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        3 years ago

        In that case you can keep in mind for future use, Lucy.


        Let us know if you need anything else in the meantime. 

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