When participants open the FDF setup file attached to their invitation e-mail, a copy of the PDF review document is opened in their browser. In addition to the basic Adobe Reader tool set displayed in the browser window, you also get the Review and Comment Tasks button, that allows you to annotate the PDF in your browser. The following list gives you some pointers on making a review cycle run smoothly, whether you’re the initiator or a participant in a browser-based review:

• You must use Acrobat 6 Professional or Standard versions to participate in a browser-based review.
• You must open the FDF file attached to your invitation e-mail in order to participate in a browser-based review.
• To annotate a PDF file, use the tools and commands on the Review and Comment Tasks button because the menu commands in this case are browser-specific. The Review and Comment Tasks button also contains commands for displaying the Commenting and Advanced Commenting toolbars. Like all tool bars in Acrobat, these can be displayed as either floating or docked.
• In order to be able to see other participant’s comments, your Reviewing preferences must match those of the review initiator. If you can’t see other people’s comments, request the correct server settings from the review initiator and make sure you have access to that location.
• To view updated annotations from other participants or to enable others to view your recent contributions, choose Send and Receive Comments on the Review and Comment Tasks pop-up menu.
• When you’re finished adding annotations to a PDF review document, you can change the status of your review to completed to communicate that fact to the review initiator and other participants. You complete a review by choosing Review and Comment➪Set Review Status➪Completed from the Review and Comment Tasks button pop-up menu.
• If you’d like to perform your review in Acrobat rather than your Web browser, click the Save and Work Offline button on the Commenting toolbar.
• If at anytime you’ve stopped adding annotations to a PDF review document and want to continue the process, either reopen the FDF attachment in your original e-mail invitation or, if you’ve saved the document to work offline, open it in Acrobat and choose File➪Go Back Online. This command reopens the PDF document in your browser and uploads your comments.
• Use the Review Tracker to manage the annotations you collect in a review cycle, whether it is an e-mail-based review or a browser-based review. See the next section for details.