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Flatten Comments doesn't work for me

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All comments and annotations are editable after applying Flatten Comments Command.
Only Sticky Notes disappear...
Am I doing something wrong?
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Re: Flatten Comments doesn't work for me

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Hello OVG,

Which settings do you have selected in the "Flatten comments" section?

Also, what tool are you using to edit these comments? flatten comments should convert most comments into base content, so if you are using the "Edit > content" tool, it would be expected to work in most cases. If you can share the before and after versions of your file, that would be helpful.

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Re: Flatten Comments doesn't work for me

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Hello, Daniel!

Thank you for reply.

Flatten Settings:

20190410_215517.png
Look for test files in attachment.

I can use Select text, edit text, highlight text, delete text or shapes in "flatted" file
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Test_Flatten.pdf
(7.97 KiB) Downloaded 38 times
Test.pdf
(8.67 KiB) Downloaded 36 times
Last edited by Ovg on Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Flatten Comments doesn't work for me

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Hello OVG,

These files seem to be correct. The flattened version is indeed flattened, and can only be edited with the "Edit content" tools, with the "select comments" tool having no control over ay aspect of them.

Are you expecting different?
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Re: Flatten Comments doesn't work for me

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Hello Daniel!

I thought that the flattened content would not be editable at all ....
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Re: Flatten Comments doesn't work for me  SOLVED

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Hi OVG,

That is a common misconception. Flattening converts the comments into "base content". If you wish to make all content non editable, the simplest method is to apply document security. An alternative is to print the document to our standard printer, and enable the "print as image" function. converting the entire document into a single image.

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Re: Flatten Comments doesn't work for me

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Hello Daniel!

Thank you so much for clarifications! :D
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