Adding comments to files etc

[Richard]

I really thought with XP I could have added comments to anything that
appears in List View.

Sadly, this facility is immensly restricted. I cannot add comments to PDF
files, or internet shortcuts.

I though things had developed further than this with file management!

Signed

Dissapointed

 

[Richard]

Sorry, that's Details View.

 

[Noozer]

I had no problem adding comments to a PDF file...

HOW does it not work?

 

[Richard]

I can see a comments column. But when I right-click on a PDF file I do not
seee a Summary Tab. All I see is a General and a PDF Tab. (Actually also a
Annotation Tab because at one time I installed some program for that). I
must be able to see a Summary Tab, but it's not there.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

..pdf files Properties have a Summary tab and Comments. There is no PDF tab
unless you have installed some third party software, which you apparently
did.

Internet shortcuts do not have a Summary tab or Comments, change the Name of
the shortcut on the General tab of Properties if you want. Or right click
the shortcut and Rename it.

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[Richard]

Hi

Lots of people use the internet to download useful information. A lot of it
is in PDF. Now, with PDF, the creator of the document can indicate the
Author, Title, Date, etc etc, and (I think) Comments. Not in the body of
the text of course, but this information somehow gets associated with the
file obviously. Of course, adding these things with PDF is done with Adobe
Acrobat, not the reader.

Okay, now whatever the PDF author does, there is a need for the Windows user
to be able to add his comments or information, so that he/she can organise
and manage his/her files his/her way. Of course, the users comments or
information about the file needs to be shown in Details View, so that files
one is looking for in a folder can be quickly ascertained. One does not want
to do a search, no, one just wants to see all the files/links in Details
View and select files that way. I think that is often the best, to pick out
files from a list. Often, names of files chosen by authors mean absolutely
nothing to the user.

Well, I thought with XP I could add comments to files, and that these
comments show up in Details View. Well, you can do that with Word, and
perhaps other MS documents, but not with PDF. But all the best information
on the web is usually in PDF.

The Comments column in Details view, I suppose shows what the author put as
comments in the PDF file. Now with most PDF's I think you will find that
there are no comments. And when you look at PDF properties when in Adobe
Reader, you see under the Security tab: " Commenting: Not Allowed". I'm not
sure if that is what is stopping one adding Comments when attemping to do so
by right-clicking on a PDF file, choosing properties, and seeking to add
comments under the Summary tab. There is no Summary tab with PDF files.

One wishes that there was a least just one detail that you could set when in
Details View with PDF files created (usually) by others, that you could use
to manage your files, but I don't think there is one detail that you can
mess with.


You can add comments with AC Browser Plus BTW, but you don't see all the
other information, liker Author, Title etc.

I wish there was a third part software that added an editable column in
Details View with PDF. I don't know of one though.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.

All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary tab.
Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary tab.

Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose Details,
and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the View menu, click
Details to see comments for several files at once, or select a file and
click Details in the left pane to view the comment for the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx


Foxit Reader for Windows
Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
Download link at the bottom of the page
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[David Candy]

I use Acrobat 5 and I can add windows comments. For non OLE Compound files (eg non Office files) the info is stored in an alternative stream, only available on NTFS.

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Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.

All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary tab.
Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary tab.

Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose Details,
and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the View menu, click
Details to see comments for several files at once, or select a file and
click Details in the left pane to view the comment for the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx


Foxit Reader for Windows
Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
Download link at the bottom of the page
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi

Lots of people use the internet to download useful information. A lot of
it is in PDF. Now, with PDF, the creator of the document can indicate the
Author, Title, Date, etc etc, and (I think) Comments. Not in the body of
the text of course, but this information somehow gets associated with the
file obviously. Of course, adding these things with PDF is done with Adobe
Acrobat, not the reader.

Okay, now whatever the PDF author does, there is a need for the Windows
user to be able to add his comments or information, so that he/she can
organise and manage his/her files his/her way. Of course, the users
comments or information about the file needs to be shown in Details View,
so that files one is looking for in a folder can be quickly ascertained.
One does not want to do a search, no, one just wants to see all the
files/links in Details View and select files that way. I think that is
often the best, to pick out files from a list. Often, names of files
chosen by authors mean absolutely nothing to the user.

Well, I thought with XP I could add comments to files, and that these
comments show up in Details View. Well, you can do that with Word, and
perhaps other MS documents, but not with PDF. But all the best information
on the web is usually in PDF.

The Comments column in Details view, I suppose shows what the author put
as comments in the PDF file. Now with most PDF's I think you will find
that there are no comments. And when you look at PDF properties when in
Adobe Reader, you see under the Security tab: " Commenting: Not Allowed".
I'm not sure if that is what is stopping one adding Comments when
attemping to do so by right-clicking on a PDF file, choosing properties,
and seeking to add comments under the Summary tab. There is no Summary
tab with PDF files.

One wishes that there was a least just one detail that you could set when
in Details View with PDF files created (usually) by others, that you
could use to manage your files, but I don't think there is one detail
that you can mess with.


You can add comments with AC Browser Plus BTW, but you don't see all the
other information, liker Author, Title etc.

I wish there was a third part software that added an editable column in
Details View with PDF. I don't know of one though.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Aha, NTFS might be the key, then.

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In

I use Acrobat 5 and I can add windows comments. For non OLE Compound
files (eg non Office files) the info is stored in an alternative stream,
only available on NTFS.

--
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=================================================

Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.

All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary
tab. Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary tab.

Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose
Details, and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the
View menu, click Details to see comments for several files at once, or
select a file and click Details in the left pane to view the comment for
the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx


Foxit Reader for Windows
Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
Download link at the bottom of the page
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi

Lots of people use the internet to download useful information. A lot of
it is in PDF. Now, with PDF, the creator of the document can indicate
the Author, Title, Date, etc etc, and (I think) Comments. Not in the
body of the text of course, but this information somehow gets
associated with the file obviously. Of course, adding these things with
PDF is done with Adobe Acrobat, not the reader.

Okay, now whatever the PDF author does, there is a need for the Windows
user to be able to add his comments or information, so that he/she can
organise and manage his/her files his/her way. Of course, the users
comments or information about the file needs to be shown in Details
View, so that files one is looking for in a folder can be quickly
ascertained. One does not want to do a search, no, one just wants to
see all the files/links in Details View and select files that way. I
think that is often the best, to pick out files from a list. Often,
names of files chosen by authors mean absolutely nothing to the user.

Well, I thought with XP I could add comments to files, and that these
comments show up in Details View. Well, you can do that with Word, and
perhaps other MS documents, but not with PDF. But all the best
information on the web is usually in PDF.

The Comments column in Details view, I suppose shows what the author put
as comments in the PDF file. Now with most PDF's I think you will find
that there are no comments. And when you look at PDF properties when in
Adobe Reader, you see under the Security tab: " Commenting: Not
Allowed". I'm not sure if that is what is stopping one adding Comments
when attemping to do so by right-clicking on a PDF file, choosing
properties, and seeking to add comments under the Summary tab. There is
no Summary tab with PDF files.

One wishes that there was a least just one detail that you could set
when in Details View with PDF files created (usually) by others, that
you could use to manage your files, but I don't think there is one
detail that you can mess with.


You can add comments with AC Browser Plus BTW, but you don't see all the
other information, liker Author, Title etc.

I wish there was a third part software that added an editable column in
Details View with PDF. I don't know of one though.

.pdf files Properties have a Summary tab and Comments. There is no PDF
tab
unless you have installed some third party software, which you
apparently did.

Internet shortcuts do not have a Summary tab or Comments, change the
Name of
the shortcut on the General tab of Properties if you want. Or right
click the shortcut and Rename it.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Richard <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I can see a comments column. But when I right-click on a PDF file I do
not
seee a Summary Tab. All I see is a General and a PDF Tab. (Actually
also a
Annotation Tab because at one time I installed some program for
that). I must be able to see a Summary Tab, but it's not there.


I had no problem adding comments to a PDF file...

HOW does it not work?

Sorry, that's Details View.


I really thought with XP I could have added comments to anything
that appears in List View.

Sadly, this facility is immensly restricted. I cannot add comments
to PDF files, or internet shortcuts.

I though things had developed further than this with file
management!

 

[Richard]

All my HDD is all FAT32 file system. If this issue is to do with NTFS,
maybe I can use Partition Magic to convert my file system to NTFS? Or
reinstall the O.S. as NTFS.

I downloaded Foxit Reader. Right-clicking on a file and going into
properties I simply see a General Tab. When Adobe is the default reader I
see a General Tab and a PDF Tab. In either case no Summary Tab for PDF
files, so no opportunity to write comments.

Aha, NTFS might be the key, then.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I use Acrobat 5 and I can add windows comments. For non OLE Compound
files (eg non Office files) the info is stored in an alternative stream,
only available on NTFS.

--
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Goodbye Web Diary
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#comments
=================================================

Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.

All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary
tab. Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary
tab.

Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose
Details, and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the
View menu, click Details to see comments for several files at once, or
select a file and click Details in the left pane to view the comment for
the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx


Foxit Reader for Windows
Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
Download link at the bottom of the page
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

 

[Richard]

Just to be clear: I do see the Summary Tab on other types of files, but not
PDF.

 

[Richard]

Okay, we are getting somewhere:

I had unallocated disk space, and with Partition Magic I created another
partition (Drive P as it happens). But this time I choose NTFS rather than
FAT32. I copied over a folder from a FAT32 partition with lots of stuff on
it, PDF, internet shortcuts etc. When I right-clicked on a PDF in the newly
created NTFS partition, I get the Summary Tab. So, that solves my problem
with PDF's.

Sadly, you cannot get a Summary Tab with internet shortcuts. That would be
the icing on the cake if that was possible, then I could more effectively
manage my internet shortcuts.

I suppose now what I seek to do is to convert all my drives/partitions to
NTFS from FAT32.

Thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Sadly, you cannot get a Summary Tab with internet shortcuts.

Just change the name of the Internet Shortcut.

Internet Shortcut | Properties | General tab

[[Specifies the name of the file or folder, and provides a space for you to
type a new name. ]]

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[Wesley Vogel]

With Word .docs, you can add/modify/remove Comments from File Properties or
you can do it from within the open file. If you add Comments in the open
file, the file size is increased.

At least that is what I thought I had noticed. The file size is not
increased, but is actually decreased. WTF?

A Word .doc

No Comments 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Add Comments in opened doc and Save 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Remove Comments in opened doc and Save 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Add Comments in File Properties 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Remove Comments in File Properties 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Add Comments in opened doc 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Remove Comments in File Properties 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Add Comments in opened doc 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Is Windows lying to me again?
-----

Notepad .txt file no difference in file size with or w/o Comments.
..pdf file no difference in file size with or w/o Comments.
-----

Office files, like Word .docs, apparently store the metadata in the files
themselves instead of using alternative streams?

Cannot find a non-MS link.

Multiple Data Streams
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_xurt.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I use Acrobat 5 and I can add windows comments. For non OLE Compound
files (eg non Office files) the info is stored in an alternative stream,
only available on NTFS.

--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------
Goodbye Web Diary
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#comments
=================================================

Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.

All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary
tab. Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary tab.

Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose
Details, and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the
View menu, click Details to see comments for several files at once, or
select a file and click Details in the left pane to view the comment for
the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx


Foxit Reader for Windows
Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
Download link at the bottom of the page
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi

Lots of people use the internet to download useful information. A lot of
it is in PDF. Now, with PDF, the creator of the document can indicate
the Author, Title, Date, etc etc, and (I think) Comments. Not in the
body of the text of course, but this information somehow gets
associated with the file obviously. Of course, adding these things with
PDF is done with Adobe Acrobat, not the reader.

Okay, now whatever the PDF author does, there is a need for the Windows
user to be able to add his comments or information, so that he/she can
organise and manage his/her files his/her way. Of course, the users
comments or information about the file needs to be shown in Details
View, so that files one is looking for in a folder can be quickly
ascertained. One does not want to do a search, no, one just wants to
see all the files/links in Details View and select files that way. I
think that is often the best, to pick out files from a list. Often,
names of files chosen by authors mean absolutely nothing to the user.

Well, I thought with XP I could add comments to files, and that these
comments show up in Details View. Well, you can do that with Word, and
perhaps other MS documents, but not with PDF. But all the best
information on the web is usually in PDF.

The Comments column in Details view, I suppose shows what the author put
as comments in the PDF file. Now with most PDF's I think you will find
that there are no comments. And when you look at PDF properties when in
Adobe Reader, you see under the Security tab: " Commenting: Not
Allowed". I'm not sure if that is what is stopping one adding Comments
when attemping to do so by right-clicking on a PDF file, choosing
properties, and seeking to add comments under the Summary tab. There is
no Summary tab with PDF files.

One wishes that there was a least just one detail that you could set
when in Details View with PDF files created (usually) by others, that
you could use to manage your files, but I don't think there is one
detail that you can mess with.


You can add comments with AC Browser Plus BTW, but you don't see all the
other information, liker Author, Title etc.

I wish there was a third part software that added an editable column in
Details View with PDF. I don't know of one though.

.pdf files Properties have a Summary tab and Comments. There is no PDF
tab
unless you have installed some third party software, which you
apparently did.

Internet shortcuts do not have a Summary tab or Comments, change the
Name of
the shortcut on the General tab of Properties if you want. Or right
click the shortcut and Rename it.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Richard <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I can see a comments column. But when I right-click on a PDF file I do
not
seee a Summary Tab. All I see is a General and a PDF Tab. (Actually
also a
Annotation Tab because at one time I installed some program for
that). I must be able to see a Summary Tab, but it's not there.


I had no problem adding comments to a PDF file...

HOW does it not work?

Sorry, that's Details View.


I really thought with XP I could have added comments to anything
that appears in List View.

Sadly, this facility is immensly restricted. I cannot add comments
to PDF files, or internet shortcuts.

I though things had developed further than this with file
management!

 

[David Candy]

OLE Compound files are like disks. They have folders and files in them.

MS has a Doc File Viewer somewhere so you can see the tree.
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Goodbye Web Diary
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#comments
=================================================

With Word .docs, you can add/modify/remove Comments from File Properties or
you can do it from within the open file. If you add Comments in the open
file, the file size is increased.

At least that is what I thought I had noticed. The file size is not
increased, but is actually decreased. WTF?

A Word .doc

No Comments 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Add Comments in opened doc and Save 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Remove Comments in opened doc and Save 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Add Comments in File Properties 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Remove Comments in File Properties 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Add Comments in opened doc 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Remove Comments in File Properties 21.0 KB (21,504 bytes)

Add Comments in opened doc 20.5 KB (20,992 bytes)

Is Windows lying to me again?
-----

Notepad .txt file no difference in file size with or w/o Comments.
.pdf file no difference in file size with or w/o Comments.
-----

Office files, like Word .docs, apparently store the metadata in the files
themselves instead of using alternative streams?

Cannot find a non-MS link.

Multiple Data Streams
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_xurt.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I use Acrobat 5 and I can add windows comments. For non OLE Compound
files (eg non Office files) the info is stored in an alternative stream,
only available on NTFS.

--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------
Goodbye Web Diary
http://margokingston.typepad.com/harry_version_2/2005/12/thank_you_and_g.html#comments
=================================================

Somehow *you* have screwed up your .pdf files.

All of my .pdf files have Properties with a General tab and a Summary
tab. Comments can be added to all on my .pdf files under the Summary tab.

Maybe this is because I do not use Adobe Reader. I use Foxit Reader.

[[To add a comment to a file

1. Right-click a file.
2. Click Properties.
3. On the Summary tab, type your comment in the Comments area.
-or-

On the Summary tab, click Simple, and then type your comment in the
Comments area.

Notes
To display the comments you add to files, double-click the folder that
contains the files you want to view. On the View menu, click Choose
Details, and select the Comment check box, and then click OK. On the
View menu, click Details to see comments for several files at once, or
select a file and click Details in the left pane to view the comment for
the selected file.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...p/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_add_comment.mspx


Foxit Reader for Windows
Small, Fast, Clean, and FREE PDF Reader for Everyday Use
Download link at the bottom of the page
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Richard <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi

Lots of people use the internet to download useful information. A lot of
it is in PDF. Now, with PDF, the creator of the document can indicate
the Author, Title, Date, etc etc, and (I think) Comments. Not in the
body of the text of course, but this information somehow gets
associated with the file obviously. Of course, adding these things with
PDF is done with Adobe Acrobat, not the reader.

Okay, now whatever the PDF author does, there is a need for the Windows
user to be able to add his comments or information, so that he/she can
organise and manage his/her files his/her way. Of course, the users
comments or information about the file needs to be shown in Details
View, so that files one is looking for in a folder can be quickly
ascertained. One does not want to do a search, no, one just wants to
see all the files/links in Details View and select files that way. I
think that is often the best, to pick out files from a list. Often,
names of files chosen by authors mean absolutely nothing to the user.

Well, I thought with XP I could add comments to files, and that these
comments show up in Details View. Well, you can do that with Word, and
perhaps other MS documents, but not with PDF. But all the best
information on the web is usually in PDF.

The Comments column in Details view, I suppose shows what the author put
as comments in the PDF file. Now with most PDF's I think you will find
that there are no comments. And when you look at PDF properties when in
Adobe Reader, you see under the Security tab: " Commenting: Not
Allowed". I'm not sure if that is what is stopping one adding Comments
when attemping to do so by right-clicking on a PDF file, choosing
properties, and seeking to add comments under the Summary tab. There is
no Summary tab with PDF files.

One wishes that there was a least just one detail that you could set
when in Details View with PDF files created (usually) by others, that
you could use to manage your files, but I don't think there is one
detail that you can mess with.


You can add comments with AC Browser Plus BTW, but you don't see all the
other information, liker Author, Title etc.

I wish there was a third part software that added an editable column in
Details View with PDF. I don't know of one though.

.pdf files Properties have a Summary tab and Comments. There is no PDF
tab
unless you have installed some third party software, which you
apparently did.

Internet shortcuts do not have a Summary tab or Comments, change the
Name of
the shortcut on the General tab of Properties if you want. Or right
click the shortcut and Rename it.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Richard <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I can see a comments column. But when I right-click on a PDF file I do
not
seee a Summary Tab. All I see is a General and a PDF Tab. (Actually
also a
Annotation Tab because at one time I installed some program for
that). I must be able to see a Summary Tab, but it's not there.


I had no problem adding comments to a PDF file...

HOW does it not work?

Sorry, that's Details View.


I really thought with XP I could have added comments to anything
that appears in List View.

Sadly, this facility is immensly restricted. I cannot add comments
to PDF files, or internet shortcuts.

I though things had developed further than this with file
management!