Re: Adding comments to files etc

Aha, NTFS might be the key, then.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:%23%230ZJ8gIGHA.3460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
David Candy <.> hunted and pecked:
> I use Acrobat 5 and I can add windows comments. For non OLE Compound
> files (eg non Office files) the info is stored in an alternative stream,
> only available on NTFS.
>
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> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e00CovgIGHA.2896@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.
>>
>> All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary
>> tab. Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary tab.
>>
>> Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.
>>
>> [[To add a comment to a file
>>
>> 1. Right-click a file.
>> 2. Click Properties.
>> 3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
>> -or-
>>
>> On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
>> Comments area.
>>
>> Notes
>> To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
>> contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose
>> Details, and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the
>> View menu, click Details to see comments for several files at once, or
>> select a file and click Details in the left pane to view the comment for
>> the selected file.]]
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx
>>
>>
>> Foxit Reader for Windows
>> Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
>> Download link at the bottom of the page
>> http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:ugTSREeIGHA.2036@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Richard <knot@xxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Lots of people use the internet to download useful information. A lot of
>>> it is in PDF. Now, with PDF, the creator of the document can indicate
>>> the Author, Title, Date, etc etc, and (I think) Comments. Not in the
>>> body of the text of course, but this information somehow gets
>>> associated with the file obviously. Of course, adding these things with
>>> PDF is done with Adobe Acrobat, not the reader.
>>>
>>> Okay, now whatever the PDF author does, there is a need for the Windows
>>> user to be able to add his comments or information, so that he/she can
>>> organise and manage his/her files his/her way. Of course, the users
>>> comments or information about the file needs to be shown in Details
>>> View, so that files one is looking for in a folder can be quickly
>>> ascertained. One does not want to do a search, no, one just wants to
>>> see all the files/links in Details View and select files that way. I
>>> think that is often the best, to pick out files from a list. Often,
>>> names of files chosen by authors mean absolutely nothing to the user.
>>>
>>> Well, I thought with XP I could add comments to files, and that these
>>> comments show up in Details View. Well, you can do that with Word, and
>>> perhaps other MS documents, but not with PDF. But all the best
>>> information on the web is usually in PDF.
>>>
>>> The Comments column in Details view, I suppose shows what the author put
>>> as comments in the PDF file. Now with most PDF's I think you will find
>>> that there are no comments. And when you look at PDF properties when in
>>> Adobe Reader, you see under the Security tab: " Commenting: Not
>>> Allowed". I'm not sure if that is what is stopping one adding Comments
>>> when attemping to do so by right-clicking on a PDF file, choosing
>>> properties, and seeking to add comments under the Summary tab. There is
>>> no Summary tab with PDF files.
>>>
>>> One wishes that there was a least just one detail that you could set
>>> when in Details View with PDF files created (usually) by others, that
>>> you could use to manage your files, but I don't think there is one
>>> detail that you can mess with.
>>>
>>>
>>> You can add comments with AC Browser Plus BTW, but you don't see all the
>>> other information, liker Author, Title etc.
>>>
>>> I wish there was a third part software that added an editable column in
>>> Details View with PDF. I don't know of one though.
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:er8vqSdIGHA.3460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> .pdf files Properties have a Summary tab and Comments. There is no PDF
>>>> tab
>>>> unless you have installed some third party software, which you
>>>> apparently did.
>>>>
>>>> Internet shortcuts do not have a Summary tab or Comments, change the
>>>> Name of
>>>> the shortcut on the General tab of Properties if you want. Or right
>>>> click the shortcut and Rename it.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:uZy1EUaIGHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>> Richard <knot@xxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> I can see a comments column. But when I right-click on a PDF file I do
>>>>> not
>>>>> seee a Summary Tab. All I see is a General and a PDF Tab. (Actually
>>>>> also a
>>>>> Annotation Tab because at one time I installed some program for
>>>>> that). I must be able to see a Summary Tab, but it's not there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Noozer" <dont.spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:nkJBf.443813$ki.13142@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> I had no problem adding comments to a PDF file...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HOW does it not work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Richard" <knot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:esctoHaIGHA.2896@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Sorry, that's Details View.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Richard" <knot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:uttOBGaIGHA.524@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> I really thought with XP I could have added comments to anything
>>>>>>>> that appears in List View.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sadly, this facility is immensly restricted. I cannot add comments
>>>>>>>> to PDF files, or internet shortcuts.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I though things had developed further than this with file
>>>>>>>> management!

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