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Types of review workflows
You can conduct reviews for many types of content by sending out a PDF version of the
source document for review. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 can set up your review, invite
participants, and track the responses from reviewers. To initiate a review, all you need is a
PDF document to review, an email application, and a mail server connection. If you create
documents in Microsoft Word for Windows or Autodesk AutoCAD, you can import
comments directly into the source document to revise the content. Before you initiate a
PDF document review workflow, determine which type of review best suits your project:
● Start a tracked email-based review. Acrobat allows you to track reviewers' comments,
send reminders, and keep a record of reviewed documents. You can even initiate reviews
in other applications. (See Setting up an email-based review.)
● Start a tracked browser-based review. The main advantage to using a browser-based
review is that the participants can view each others' comments during the review process,
but participants must have access to a shared server. (See Setting up a browser-based
review.)
You can also send a PDF document as an email attachment and then ask reviewers to add
comments and send the document or the exported comments back to you. However, the
primary disadvantage to an ad hoc approach is that you must manage the review and
comments manually. (See Using email in a review.)
By contrast, tracked reviews provide helpful tools for each phase of the review. Setup
wizards help you initiate reviews, enable commenting for Adobe Reader users, and
present toolbars automatically in PDF documents; instructions in the How To window and
Document Message Bar assist reviewers through the process; and the Tracker monitors
responses and the review status, letting you send reminders and invite additional reviewers.