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I'm working on a permit application for some project, and the city has sent me a PDF and asked me to reply to the comments.

I don't seem to find any comments or "reply" buttons anywhere, regardless of whether I use the basic document viewer, or even Okular. Normally, editable PDF forms are easily savable, but this is being problematic.

The instructions they provide, for context:

"This can be accomplished by using the “Reply” function in Bluebeam or in the Comment panel of Adobe Acrobat."

Can someone please guide me as to how to do the thing the previous paragraph wants me to do, assuming I'm running Ubuntu 20.04?

user2671688
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  • I think "comments" may be called differently in Evince or Okular. Anyway, try to test by opening the pdf in Chrome/Chromium or Firefox. I would also try Okular but that comes with a lot of dependencies in Ubuntu/Gnome, so unless you are in Kubuntu or Lubuntu I recommend to try Master PDF Editor. Foxreader can also be installed or used as appimage. Old version of Adobe Reader seems still available (haven't tested), or new ones can be used with Wine. – cipricus Jul 05 '22 at 22:44
  • Maybe related - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/265845/pdf-reader-that-supports-xfa-forms-while-adobe-reader-for-linux-is-not-supporte – cipricus Jul 05 '22 at 22:53
  • Ok, I think Master PDF Editor knows how to do it, at least I got part-way there. Will update with instructions once I confirm it does what I need it to – user2671688 Jul 05 '22 at 22:57

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Master PDF Editor seems to do the trick.

  • Install Master PDF Editor (have to download the .deb and install)
  • Open the doc with Master PDF Editor
  • Click on the comment
  • Click the icon that looks like a "talk bubble" (as opposed to the color selection).
  • From within the comment, click "Options" on the right
  • Click on "Reply" to leave a reply

It doesn't look like there's a "save comment" type of option, so just leave the textbox open with your comment and when you save the doc, it will save your latest comment.

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