How to change the color and icons used when you add your comments with the Note tool

You can also change the color and icons used when you add your comments with the Note tool. This is a good feature to use when many people will be adding comments to the same PDF. By having the reviewers select individual colors and icons, you can tell at a glance which notes belong to which reviewers.
To select a new color and/or icon for your notes, follow these steps:

1. Add your first note (by following the preceding steps).
2. Right-click the Note icon (Control+click on the Mac), and then choose Properties on the context menu. The Note Properties dialog box appears.
3. To select a new Note icon, select it in the Icon list box.
4. To select a new color for the Note icon, click the Color button and then click a new color in the palette. Note that you can also increase or decrease the opacity of the Note icon by entering either a percentage number in the Opacity text box or moving the slider button right for less opacity or left for more opacity.
5. To change the author or subject for the note, click the General tab and enter a new name in the Author text box or a new subject in the Subject text box.
6. Click Close to put your changes into effect.

When you close the Note Properties dialog box, Acrobat changes the current comment to suit the new icon and/or color settings. All notes that you subsequently create will use the new note settings. Be aware, however, that the icons for notes previously added are unaffected by your changes to these settings (you would have to delete and then re-create them to have all your notes reflect the new color and icon settings). Also keep in mind that changes you make in the Author or Subject text boxes of the Note Properties dialog box affect only the particular note selected at that time. Acrobat 6 uses your Windows Identity or Log-in name as the default entry in the Author text box for Notes. If your Windows Log-in name differs from your Acrobat Identity (entered in the Identity Preferences dialog box), you can choose your Acrobat Identity for all subsequent notes you create with the Note tool. To do so, open the Preferences dialog box (Ctrl+K on Windows, Ô+K on the Mac), click Commenting in the list box, and then deselect the Always Use Log-in Name for Author name check box in the Making Comments Preferences area.
You can also change the font and font size for text used in the comments you create with the Note tool, as well as the opacity of the comment box (by decreasing it, you can see more of the text and graphics underneath) in the Viewing Comments area of the Commenting Preferences dialog box. Note that changes you make in the Font and Font Size drop-down lists affect only new comments created with the Note tool. The same holds true for any new setting you select with the Opacity text box or slider.