Acrobat 7 Online Commenting - I can't figure this out... help!! (please)?

[Jumbotron@adobeforums.com]

We are currently working on a print project that I have been sending to my client for email based commenting and review, but the file is getting quite large (14mb) - I have tried saving it to the lowest setting and also run the "reduce file size - Acrobat 4 compatible", but the file is still too large to attach in an email.

I'd like to try the online commenting feature, but don't understand all the server, webdav jargon in the help search. I'm willing to learn this stuff, but only if it will work for my situation. Does this online thing only work in an internal network? or can I upload the file(s) to our web-server and have someone on the other side of the World access it and comment? It's just not clear to me. Is there a link to an "Idiots type guide to setting up Acrobat for online commenting?" :-)

Help?

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

If you have an iMac account - this works over WebDAV

I have pasted training notes which I created last year for this type of
action.

Pleaser replace my iMac name (jonbessant) with your own ...

Cheers!

Jon

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Web-based PDF comment and review

Prerequisites

WebDAV
WebDAV enabled server
Mac OS 10.4 or above (Tiger)
Windows 2000/XP
Stage 1.
Make available the WebDAV server
Apple iDisk is full WebDAV server
Test upload to the PUBLIC folder and turn OFF password if require
(system preferences)
Stage 2.
Test the URL through a browser:
[url]http://idisk.mac.com/jonbessant1/Public/webreviewing.pdf[/url]

[url]http://idisk.mac.com[/url][username]/Public/
this is the on-line WebDAV repository

Acrobat (initiator)

Stage 1.
Fill-in user preferences under
Preferences/Identity Setup

Stage 2.
Set-up the REVIEWING settings under Preferences/
[url]http://idisk.mac.com/jonbessant1/Public/[/url]

Stage 3.
Open the PDF in Acrobat and go
File/Send for Review/UpLoad for Browser Based Review

New wizard takes you through the upload process

Since you have already entered the WebDAV repository
[url]http://idisk.mac.com/jonbessant1/Public/[/url]

The wizard knows where to upload the file

Eventually an email will be sent to the recipient
An .fdf file is included as an attachment
This file contains all the configuration information for the recipient
The file will open under the web browser (IE or Safari) and commenting
can commence

Stage 4
Review the document and then append comments
Send and Receive Comments
Click SEND COMMENTS or RECEIVE COMMENTS


Toolbars

Control Click for Mac
Right Click for Windows

Bring up the drawing toolbars

[Jumbotron@adobeforums.com]

Jon, thanks for sharing the info - it did work for me, but my business partner who has the same set-up OS and software-wise was unable to get it to work. The .mac account is definitely handy and easy to set-up, but I sure do miss the days when it was free.

I don't think this online commenting is going to work on the long run for us because many of the people I work with don't have Acrobat. The Reader 7.0 feature that unlocks editing is perfect - I guess I just need to figure out how to get my file sizes down. I've tried downsampling images to old versions but it's not doing enough.

Oh well, back to drawing the board for me - thanks again for taking the time to post your response.

[Jon_Bessant@adobeforums.com]

Check out the new features in Acrobat 8 - you should be pleased ...

Jon