Understanding Acrobat shared reviews

Review participants use Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader to add comments and sign review documents. Acrobat and Adobe Reader uses a feature called Acrobat Shared Review. Acrobat Shared Review provides online review capabilities and facilitates collaborative commenting on a document.

Acrobat Shared Review allows multiple users to provide comments to a review document and allows users to see each others comments. The ability to see comments from others in real time facilitates a collaborative environment in a safe and secure manner. Collaborative commenting also has the benefit of reducing the number of review iterations as the resolution of disputes and answers to questions occurs in real time.

An email address identifies each review participant when they access the review. The email address is configured in Acrobat and Adobe Reader. If the email address does not match an email address of a participant in a given stage, the review comments are not saved.

The Acrobat Shared Review features requires access to a Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Common Internet File System (CIFS), or network share location. LiveCycle Content Services 9 provides a WebDAV location. (See Understanding content repositories and review zones .)