Adobe ACROBAT READER 7.0 Manual page 114

Changing the appearance of comments
If commenting is enabled in a PDF document, you can change a comment's color and other properties using
the Properties toolbar or the Properties dialog box. For some comment types, the Properties toolbar contains
different options than the Properties dialog box. To change the format of text in pop-up windows, use either
the Options menu in the pop-up window or the Properties toolbar. The title and options for the Properties
toolbar vary depending on which tool or object is selected. For example, if you select a note icon, the Note
Properties toolbar lets you specify appearance options for the note icon and accompanying pop-up window.
If you select text within the pop-up window, you can specify appearance options for the text using the
Options menu within the pop-up window or by using the Properties toolbar.
You can set default properties for any type of comment so that subsequent comments you create share the
same icon and color properties. You can set different default properties for each type of comment, such as
notes, highlighting, and text boxes. You cannot change commenting preferences in Adobe Reader.
Properties toolbar A. With note icon selected B. With pop-up text selected
To set properties for a single comment using the Properties toolbar:
1. To display the Properties toolbar, choose View > Toolbars > Properties Bar.
2. Select the Hand tool
3. Select options from the Properties toolbar. The type of comment selected determines which options are
available.
To set properties for a single comment using the Properties dialog box:
1. Display the Properties dialog box:
If the comment includes a pop-up window, choose Properties from the Options menu.
If the comment doesn't include a pop-up window, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the note
icon or markup, and then choose Properties.
2. In the Properties dialog box, do any of the following, and then click Close:
Click the Appearance tab to change such options as the color and type of icon used. The type of comment
selected determines which options are available.
Click the General tab to change the author's name and subject of the current comment.
Select Locked at the bottom of the Properties dialog box to prevent a comment from being edited or deleted.
To specify default properties for comments:
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a comment that has the properties you want, and then
choose Make Current Properties Default.
All subsequent comments that you create of that type share the same comment properties. Existing
comments are not affected, nor is the appearance of text in pop-up windows.
, and then select the comment.