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There is an extreme lag when using the Import PDF Comments feature. Sometimes I have to select "Accept" multiple times to activate the comment. And the file is very slow, it can take 20 or 30 seconds for the comment to be applied which is unbearable when working on a large 300+ page book with hundreds of comments. This used to work seamlessly but with the 2024 upgrade it is a total nightmare. I searched the forums and it seems like this has been a problem for some time and has not been fixed—this should be resolved considering this is the primary use of InDesign—layout!
Lauren Wickware
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Filip Blazek
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I am afraid Adobe is not interested in this feature. I recommend using much better, faster and reliable plugin Annotations.
The user interface of this feature in InDesign is pathetic, only a few notes can fit on the panel (compared to Annotations), you cannot select multiple notes, you cannot copy-paste parts of the comments easily, it is a typical half baked feature. It is obvious Adobe team does not test new features in real world: what may work fine in a document of 10 pages may not work in a complex document of 300+ pages. There were complains about the implementation of this feature years ago :-( And yes, it is incredibly slow, really ssssslllllloooooooooow! And there are some OpenType features related to a selected character (swash, small cap), you cannot apply the correction, you have to click ten times or apply another correction first. This is crazy how poorly this works. Or does not work.