Configuring PDF Annotation Service

If EMC Documentum PDF Annotation Service is installed with Content Server, users can store comments created in Adobe Acrobat or Reader into a repository, as well as enter comments in PDFs directly from Documentum Administrator.

Comments are associated with a specific version of a document. If a document is versioned, the comments on the previous version are not migrated to the new version.

Example: If you check out a 1.0 CURRENT version of a document, and then a second user adds comments to the document, the comments are associated with the 1.0 version. If you then check in, and change the version number to 1.1, then when you view the 1.1 CURRENT version, you will not see the comments from the 1.0 version.

To use PDF Annotation Services, you must configure Documentum Administrator to open PDF Annotation Service when you view a PDF.

To configure PDF Annotation Service to open when a user views a PDF:

  1. Select Tools > Preferences.

  2. Select the Formats tab.

  3. In the Choose object type list, select Document (dm_document).

  4. In the Object’s primary format list, select Acrobat PDF (pdf).

  5. In the Application for viewing list, select Comment.