Is there a way to enable commenting adobe PDF?

I have a PDF file, and I'd like to comment in adobe style. Is there a way to enable that somehow, or are there any alternatives?

Solution 1:

It might be a licensing issue.

Even thought the PDF has no security, commenting is still NOT allowed. Might be a licensing issue since the original was created using open source tools, not Acrobat.

"PDF Producer: Apache FOP Version 1.1" -- Commenting Not Allowed.
"PDF Producer: Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 10.0" -- Commenting Works.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18894689/adding-enable-for-commenting-adobe-reader-using-acrobat

http://support.itextpdf.com/node/24

Platform: Linux Mint with Adobe Reader 9.

Solution 2:

There is a feature to add annotations using the default gnome evince, but the tool doesn't have the feature switched on in Ubuntu 10.10, so you have a choice between:

pdfedit - Dedicated tool for editing pdf files.

flpsed - Useful, but not as polished.

inkscape - Importing the pdf, adding your visible notes and exporting back to pdf, downside is, they're not real pdf notes.

Solution 3:

Foxit Reader allows pretty advanced commenting.