Export Comments Thread

Pull every comment annotation (Text / FreeText / Popup) out of a PDF and write them as a threaded conversation — replies grouped under their parent.

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How does the Export Comments Thread work?

Walk every comment-style annotation in a PDF (Text / FreeText / Popup subtypes) and produce a threaded conversation file: each top-level comment is a heading, replies (those carrying an /IRT "in reply to" reference) are nested under their parent. Useful for archiving a review cycle as a readable transcript, summarising peer-review feedback, or extracting an audit trail of who said what about which page.

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Frequently asked

A reply has an /IRT (In Reply To) reference pointing at another annotation. Tools like Acrobat use this to group conversations. Root comments have no /IRT.

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